Title

Predicting Psychrometric Conditions In Biocontaminant Microenvironments With A Microclimate Heat And Moisture Transfer Model - Description And Field Comparison

Keywords

Biocontaminants; Dust-mites; Heat and mass transfer model; Microclimate; Mold

Abstract

A numerical model is described that is designed to model psychrometric conditions in biocontaminant microenvironments, such as in bedding and the base of carpets for dust-mites, and on the surface of linings for molds. The model is very general and can include room air, other room components, other zones including the outdoors, other rooms and any subfloor space. Mechanical plant can be modeled. Good agreement between modeled and field results are reported for the complex case of an occupied bed and for the microclimate in the base of a carpet, before and after its timber floor above a crawl space was retrofitted with insulation. © Indoor Air (2004).

Publication Date

8-1-2004

Publication Title

Indoor Air

Volume

14

Issue

4

Number of Pages

235-242

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0668.2004.00237.x

Socpus ID

3242811225 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/3242811225

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