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VENTILATION RESEARCH: A REVIEW OF RECENT INDOOR AIR QUALITY LITERATURE
Citation:
Osdell, D. VENTILATION RESEARCH: A REVIEW OF RECENT INDOOR AIR QUALITY LITERATURE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-94/180.
Description:
The report gives results of a literature review, conducted to survey and summarize recent and ongoing engineering research into building ventilation, air exchange rate, pollutant distribution and dispersion, and other effects of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems on indoor air quality (IAQ). he concerns of the ventilation community and technical questions that remain to be solved were identified, as were a number of research opportunities. he ventilation-related engineering literature was divided into seven major categories: (1) pollutant transport to and into the building envelope; (2) air cleaning systems; (3) flow and pollutant dispersion; (4) room and building flow/dispersion research; (5) HVAC/building design, operation, and control strategies; (6) applied microbial research; and (7) building performance. he significance and status of ventilation-related IAQ research was summarized by research category, and research opportunities were identified within each category.