New Methodology to Evaluate and Optimize Indoor Ventilation Based on Rapid Response Sensors
The recent pandemic increased attention to the need for appropriated ventilation and good air quality as efficient measures to achieve safe and healthy indoor air. This work provides a novel methodology for continuously evaluating ventilation in public areas using modern rapid response sensors (RRS)...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2024-03-01
|
| Series: | Sensors |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/5/1657 |
| _version_ | 1797263801653919744 |
|---|---|
| author | María del Mar Durán del Amor Antonia Baeza Caracena Francisco Esquembre Mercedes Llorens Pascual del Riquelme |
| author_facet | María del Mar Durán del Amor Antonia Baeza Caracena Francisco Esquembre Mercedes Llorens Pascual del Riquelme |
| author_sort | María del Mar Durán del Amor |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The recent pandemic increased attention to the need for appropriated ventilation and good air quality as efficient measures to achieve safe and healthy indoor air. This work provides a novel methodology for continuously evaluating ventilation in public areas using modern rapid response sensors (RRS). This methodology innovatively assesses the ventilation of a space by combining a quantitative estimation of the real air exchange in the space—obtained from CO<sub>2</sub> experimental RRS measurements and the characteristics of and activity in the space—and indoor and outdoor RRS measurements of other pollutants, with healthy recommendations from different organisations. The methodology allows space managers to easily evaluate, in a continuous form, the appropriateness of their ventilation strategy, thanks to modern RRS measurements and direct calculations (implemented here in a web app), even in situations of full activity. The methodology improves on the existing standards, which imply the release of tracer gases and expert intervention, and could also be used to set a control system that measures continuously and adapts the ventilation to changes in indoor occupancy and activity, guaranteeing safe and healthy air in an energy-efficient way. Sample public concurrence spaces with different conditions are used to illustrate the methodology. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-25T00:18:47Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-5732215daf5e4535aa5f26eb2d7a189a |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1424-8220 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-25T00:18:47Z |
| publishDate | 2024-03-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Sensors |
| spelling | doaj.art-5732215daf5e4535aa5f26eb2d7a189a2024-03-12T16:55:32ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202024-03-01245165710.3390/s24051657New Methodology to Evaluate and Optimize Indoor Ventilation Based on Rapid Response SensorsMaría del Mar Durán del Amor0Antonia Baeza Caracena1Francisco Esquembre2Mercedes Llorens Pascual del Riquelme3Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry, Campus de Espinardo, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, SpainDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry, Campus de Espinardo, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, SpainDepartment of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics, Campus de Espinardo, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, SpainDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry, Campus de Espinardo, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, SpainThe recent pandemic increased attention to the need for appropriated ventilation and good air quality as efficient measures to achieve safe and healthy indoor air. This work provides a novel methodology for continuously evaluating ventilation in public areas using modern rapid response sensors (RRS). This methodology innovatively assesses the ventilation of a space by combining a quantitative estimation of the real air exchange in the space—obtained from CO<sub>2</sub> experimental RRS measurements and the characteristics of and activity in the space—and indoor and outdoor RRS measurements of other pollutants, with healthy recommendations from different organisations. The methodology allows space managers to easily evaluate, in a continuous form, the appropriateness of their ventilation strategy, thanks to modern RRS measurements and direct calculations (implemented here in a web app), even in situations of full activity. The methodology improves on the existing standards, which imply the release of tracer gases and expert intervention, and could also be used to set a control system that measures continuously and adapts the ventilation to changes in indoor occupancy and activity, guaranteeing safe and healthy air in an energy-efficient way. Sample public concurrence spaces with different conditions are used to illustrate the methodology.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/5/1657rapid response sensorsRRSventilationair changes per hourACHindoor air quality |
| spellingShingle | María del Mar Durán del Amor Antonia Baeza Caracena Francisco Esquembre Mercedes Llorens Pascual del Riquelme New Methodology to Evaluate and Optimize Indoor Ventilation Based on Rapid Response Sensors Sensors rapid response sensors RRS ventilation air changes per hour ACH indoor air quality |
| title | New Methodology to Evaluate and Optimize Indoor Ventilation Based on Rapid Response Sensors |
| title_full | New Methodology to Evaluate and Optimize Indoor Ventilation Based on Rapid Response Sensors |
| title_fullStr | New Methodology to Evaluate and Optimize Indoor Ventilation Based on Rapid Response Sensors |
| title_full_unstemmed | New Methodology to Evaluate and Optimize Indoor Ventilation Based on Rapid Response Sensors |
| title_short | New Methodology to Evaluate and Optimize Indoor Ventilation Based on Rapid Response Sensors |
| title_sort | new methodology to evaluate and optimize indoor ventilation based on rapid response sensors |
| topic | rapid response sensors RRS ventilation air changes per hour ACH indoor air quality |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/5/1657 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT mariadelmardurandelamor newmethodologytoevaluateandoptimizeindoorventilationbasedonrapidresponsesensors AT antoniabaezacaracena newmethodologytoevaluateandoptimizeindoorventilationbasedonrapidresponsesensors AT franciscoesquembre newmethodologytoevaluateandoptimizeindoorventilationbasedonrapidresponsesensors AT mercedesllorenspascualdelriquelme newmethodologytoevaluateandoptimizeindoorventilationbasedonrapidresponsesensors |