The SARS-CoV- pandemic has aroused great interest in the HVAC community, both as regards to the design of new systems and for the management and operation strategies of the existing ones. The risk management plays a key role in all-air systems based on air recirculation among segregated spaces. Following an analyti- cal approach, this paper assesses the infection risk in several HVAC systems layouts. It takes into account the role of air renewal and recirculation and the gain made possible by means of virus charge removal or deactivation (through filtration or other technologies such as UV-C irradiation, ionisation ...), with special regard to the management of airflows that depends on the chosen plant layout.
La pandemia di SARS-CoV- ha destato grande interesse nel mondo della climatizzazione per quanto riguarda la progettazione dei nuovi impianti e la gestione degli impianti esistenti. I temi che sono stati posti in evidenza riguardano anche la gestione del rischio negli impianti a tutt’aria che prevedono il ricircolo dell’aria tra ambienti diversi. Questo articolo valuta, secondo un approc- cio analitico, le probabilità di contagio per diverse configurazioni impiantistiche, considerando il ruolo del ricircolo dell’aria e le pos- sibilità di miglioramento date dalla rimozione o disattivazione (per filtrazione o altre tecnologie come irradiazione UV-C, ioniz- zazione ...) delle cariche virali, ponendo particolare attenzione alle modalità di gestione delle portate d’aria in relazione agli schemi impiantistici adottati.
Remarks on the air recirculation in HVAC systems during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak: the case of all-air ducted plants
Busato F;
2020-01-01
Abstract
The SARS-CoV- pandemic has aroused great interest in the HVAC community, both as regards to the design of new systems and for the management and operation strategies of the existing ones. The risk management plays a key role in all-air systems based on air recirculation among segregated spaces. Following an analyti- cal approach, this paper assesses the infection risk in several HVAC systems layouts. It takes into account the role of air renewal and recirculation and the gain made possible by means of virus charge removal or deactivation (through filtration or other technologies such as UV-C irradiation, ionisation ...), with special regard to the management of airflows that depends on the chosen plant layout.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.