Volume 18, No. 3, 2021
Design And Simulation Of Covid Diagnostic Room For A Hospital
Favas A.S and B. Bavanish
Abstract
As a result of the respiratory illness 2019-nCoV, a deadly coronavirus family (2019-nCoV) has spread around the world and become a pandemic threat. Sneezing, coughing, and speaking generate virus-containing droplets, which are then inhaled or touched. 2019-nCoV can also be spread through the air if an infected person is in a closed environment. Using conditioned air discharged from air-conditioning equipment in combination with aerosol sanitizer to treat the covid diagnostic room and eliminate the 2019-nCoV virus, this study examines the effectiveness of this approach. Alternative bed arrangements for the covid diagnostic room were considered. A transition SST k- model, consisting of four transport equations, is used in the current work to numerically simulate laminar-transitional flows. Using strong turbulence fields created in the covid diagnostic room to distribute sanitizer across the entire volume of the covid diagnostic room is effective at killing 2019-nCoV.
Pages: 279-288
Keywords: Covid diagnostic, Ventilation, Air conditioning, CFD, Simulation