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Contaminant Spread Modeling

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Sponsored by Defense Threat Reduction Agency

This five-year project aims to model the transport of harmful biological and chemical compounds in urban environment using different modeling techniques, such as computational fluid dynamics and multizone modeling for indoor airflow, Modelica-based modeling for HVAC system and control. The project is led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and in collaboration with many federal research laboratories and industry partners. In response to the COVID pandemic, our team has investigated various mitigation strategies, including 1) placement of portable air cleaners in a conference room; 2) HVAC operation strategies for office buildings during COVID and their energy consumptions. 

Comparison of the streamlines, colored by the local velocity magnitude, coming from the portable air cleaner (PAC) inlet in (a) the fully occupied (F) and (b) the socially distanced (D) room setups for the PAC setting 1BL. (Castellini et al. 2021)

Project Team

Wangda Zuo, Ph.D. 
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering,
wangda.zuo@colorado.edu

 

Jake Castellini, M.S.
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
jaca6283@colorado.edu

 

Cary Faulkner 
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
cary.faulkner@colorado.edu

 

Publications

Journal Articles

  • C. A. Faulkner, J. E. Castellini, W. Zuo, D. M. Lorenzetti, M. D. Sohn 2022. “” Building and Environment, 207 (B), pp. 108519.  
  • J. E. Castellini, C. A. Faulkner, W. Zuo, D. M. Lorenzetti, M. D. Sohn 2022. “” Building and Environment, 207 (B), pp. 108441.

Conference Proceedings

  • C. A. Faulkner, J. E. Castellini Jr., W. Zuo, D. M. Lorenzetti, M. D. Sohn 2021. "" Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC 2021), Seoul, South Korea (Virtual Conference), November 24-26, 2021.
  • C. A. Faulkner, D. S. Jankowski, W. Zuo, P. Epple, M. D. Sohn 2021. "" Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC 2021), Seoul, South Korea (Virtual Conference), November 24-26, 2021.

Presentations

  • C. A. Faulkner 2021 "", ISHVAC 2021 Conference, November.
  • C. A. Faulkner 2021 "", ISHVAC 2021 Conference, November.

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