Heating and ventilation air conditioning systems in hospitals (cleanroom HVAC systems) are used to control the transmission/spreading of airborne diseases such as COVID-19. Air exiting from these systems may contribute to the spreading of coronavirus droplets outside of hospitals. Some research studies indicate that the shortest time of survival of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosol form (as droplets in the air) is four hours and the virus becomes inactive above 60 °C air temperature. Therefore, SARS-CoV-2 droplets cannot exit from the exhaust duct if the temperature is above 60 °C. At the condenser, heat is dissipated in the form of hot air which could be utilized to warm the exhaust air. The objective of this paper is to establish a novel technique for eliminating SARS-CoV-2 from cleanroom HVAC systems using the recovered heat of exhaust air. This can eliminate SARS-CoV-2 and reduce the greenhouse effect.
Jet fans are increasingly preferred over traditional ducted systems as a means of
ventilating pollutants in large environments such as underground car parks. The spread of
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)—which causes the novel
coronavirus disease—through the jet fans in underground car parks has been considered a
matter of key concern. A quantitative understanding of the propagation of respiratory
droplets/particles/aerosols containing the virus is important. However, to date, studies
have yet to demonstrate viral (e.g., SARS-CoV-2) transmission in underground car parks
equipped with jet fans. In this paper, numerical simulation has been performed to assess
the effects of jet fans on the spreading of viruses inside underground car parks.
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