Imperial College London

Professor Maarten van Reeuwijk

Faculty of EngineeringDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor of Urban Fluid Mechanics
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6059m.vanreeuwijk Website CV

 
 
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Assistant

 

Miss Rebecca Naessens +44 (0)20 7594 5990

 
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Location

 

331Skempton BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Vouriot:2022,
author = {Vouriot, CVM and Burridge, HC and van, Reeuwijk M},
title = {Assessing exposure to infected breath in naturally ventilated classrooms},
year = {2022}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - CPAPER
AB - A typical UK naturally ventilated classroom in wintertime is considered using CFD simulations. The ratio between actual exposure to infected breath and proxy exposure is calculated from point measurements of CO2. At the breathing plane, the proxy exposure is within a factor 2 of the actual far field exposure for measurements taken within approximately 90 % of the room cross-sectional area. While this is significant it remains small compared to the typical uncertainties associated with the parametrisation of many airborne diseases. As such CO2 measurements remain a useful and cost-effective way to infer exposure and thus the risk of far-field airborne infection.
AU - Vouriot,CVM
AU - Burridge,HC
AU - van,Reeuwijk M
PY - 2022///
TI - Assessing exposure to infected breath in naturally ventilated classrooms
ER -