ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
On the Optimal Indoor Air Conditions for SARS-CoV-2 Inactivation. An Enthalpy-Based Approach.
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- Review of an intelligent indoor environment monitoring and management system for COVID-19 risk mitigation.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- SARS-CoV-2 Survival on Surfaces. Measurements Optimisation for an Enthalpy-Based Assessment of the Risk.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Systematic Review of the Key Factors Influencing the Indoor Airborne Spread of SARS-CoV-2.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Real-Time Estimation and Monitoring of COVID-19 Aerosol Transmission Risk in Office Buildings.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Effects of environmental conditions on COVID-19 morbidity as an example of multicausality: a multi-city case study in Italy.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Associations between indoor relative humidity and global COVID-19 outcomes.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2022Article
- Elucidating the role of environmental management of forests, air quality, solid waste and wastewater on the dissemination of SARS-CoV-2.Hygiene and environmental health advances · 2022Review
- Ventilation strategies and design impacts on indoor airborne transmission: A review.Building and environment · 2022Review
- The Control of Metabolic COInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Behaviour of aerosols and their role in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2; a scoping review.Reviews in medical virology · 2022Article
- A review of methods to reduce the probability of the airborne spread of COVID-19 in ventilation systems and enclosed spaces.Environmental research · 2022Review
- Indoor Air Quality including Respiratory Viruses.Toxics · 2021Article
- Distinct weather conditions and human mobility impacts on the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Colombia: Application of an artificial neural network approach.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2021Article
- Could thermodynamics and heat and mass transfer research produce a fundamental step advance toward and significant reduction of SARS-COV-2 spread?International journal of heat and mass transfer · 2021Article
- Indoor Model Simulation for COVID-19 Transport and Exposure.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Predicting SARS-CoV-2 Weather-Induced Seasonal Virulence from Atmospheric Air Enthalpy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Model Calculations of Aerosol Transmission and Infection Risk of COVID-19 in Indoor Environments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Aerosol Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Physical Principles and Implications.Frontiers in public healthReview
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
In the CoViD-19 pandemic, the precautionary approach suggests that all possible measures should be established and implemented to avoid contagion, including through aerosols. For indoor spaces, the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 could be mitigated not only via air changes, but also by heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems maintaining thermodynamic conditions possibly adverse to the virus. However, data available in literature on virus survival were never treated aiming to this. In fact, based on comparisons in terms of specific enthalpy, a domain of indoor comfort conditions between 50 and 60 kJ/kg is found to comply with this objective, and an easy-to-use relationship for setting viable pairs of humidity and temperature using a proper HVAC plant is proposed. If confirmed via further investigations on this research path, these findings could open interesting scenarios on the use of indoor spaces during the pandemic.
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