文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Numerical and experimental study on airborne disinfection by negative ions in air duct flow

作者：Zhou, Pei[1,2];Yang, Yi[3];Huang, Gongsheng[2];Lai, Alvin C. K.[2,4]

机构：[1]Hefei Univ Technol, Sch Civil Engn, Hefei, Anhui, Peoples R China;[2]City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Architectural & Civil Engn, Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China;[3]Guangdong Ocean Univ, Coll Engn, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, Peoples R China;[4]City Univ Hong Kong, Shenzhen Res Inst, Shenzhen, Peoples R China

年份：2018

卷号：127

起止页码：204

外文期刊名：BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

收录：SCI-EXPANDED(收录号：WOS:000418979500019)、、EI(收录号：20174604398250)、Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-85033460084)、WOS

基金：The work described in this paper was partly supported by a General Research Fund from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China [CityU 11210015] and National Science Foundation of China [51378447].

语种：英文

外文关键词：Negative air ion; Disinfection; Bioaerosols; Ventilation duct; Indoor air quality

外文摘要：In this paper, we develop a mathematical model that aims (1) to predict the distribution of negative ions generated by an air ionizer installed in a ventilation duct and (2) to predict the efficiency with which it inactivates bacteria. The transportation equation for the negative ions was resolved combined with the bulk air velocity and the electric field. The bacteria distribution was solved numerically by integrating the susceptibility constant, which was acquired from the experiments. Two types of bacteria (Serratia marcescens, Staphylococcus epidermidis) were aerosolized and released into a 9-m ventilation duct system. Inactivation efficiencies were calculated for inlet velocities from 2 to 6.5 m/s and for various ion intensities. The efficiencies for S. marcescens and S. epidermidis were 31.53% (SD, 11.4%) and 12.17% (SD, 0.43%), respectively, with susceptibility constants of 8.67 x 10(-11) Colony-Forming Units (CFU)/ions and 2.72 x 10(-11) CFU/ions, respectively. The modeling results matched those of the experiments well. The pressure penalty at the maximum velocity (6.5 m/s) was only 9 Pa. The results show that the use of negative ions has great potential to enhance indoor air quality by reducing airborne microorganisms in ventilation systems.