Abstract:To minimize the indoor transmission of contaminants, such as the virus that can lead to COVID-19, buildings must provide the best indoor air quality possible. Controlling indoor air quality is largely achieved by running the building’s HVAC system to dilute any concentration of indoor contaminants. However, doing so has practical downsides on the HVAC operation that are not always quantified in the literature. This paper develops a temporal simulation capability that is used to investigate the indoor virus con… Show more
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