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Recent Publications
(Last Updated 8/2006)
Airflow and Pollutant Transport Group Brochure
- Safeguarding Buildings Against Chemical and Biological Attacks
- September 2004
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Building Airflow and Energy
- Computational Aspects of Nodal Multizone Airflow Systems
- Lorenzetti, David, Buildings and Environment Journal, November 2002.
(Download, 214 KB, 11 pp)
- Predicting Indoor Pollutant Concentrations and Applications to Air Quality Management
- Lorenzetti, David, Joint WHO-JRC-ECA Workshop, October 2002.
(Download, 107 KB, 4 pp)
- Assessing Multizone Airflow Simulation Software
- Lorenzetti, David, Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Summer 2002.
(Download, 103 KB, 5 pp)
- Modeling the Spread of Anthrax in Buildings
- Sextro, Richard, David Lorenzetti, Michael Sohn, and Tracy Thatcher, Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Summer 2002.
(Download, 187 KB, 6 pp)
- Modeling Transient Contaminant Transport in HVAC Systems and Buildings
- Federspiel, Cliff, Huilin Li, David Auslander, David Lorenzetti and Ashok Gadgil, Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Summer 2002.
(Download, 179 KB, 6 pp)
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Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Protection/Planning
- Assessing the Effectiveness of Shelter-in-Place as an Emergency Response to Large-Scale Outdoor Chemical Releases
- Chan, Wanyu, May 2006.
(Download, 7.4 MB, 464 pp)
- Sheltering in Buildings from Large-Scale Outdoor Releases
- Chan, Wanyu, Phillip Price, and Ashok Gadgil, Submitted to Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre, July 2004.
(Download, 287 KB, 10 pp)
- Modeling Shelter-in-Place Including Sorption on Indoor Surfaces
- Chan, Wanyu, Phillip Price, Ashok Gadgil, William Nazaroff, Gwen Loosmore, and Gayle Sugiyama, American Meteorological Society 2004 Conference, January 2004.
(Download, 471 KB, 9 pp)
- Analysis of US Residential Air Leakage Database
- Chan, Wanyu, Phillip Price, Michael Sohn, Ashok Gadgil, LBNL-53367, July 2003.
(Download, 1.52 MB, 51 pp)
- Protecting Buildings from a Biological or Chemical Attack: Actions to Take Before or During a Release
- Price, Phillip, Michael Sohn, Ashok Gadgil, William Delp, David Lorenzetti, Elizabeth Finlayson, Tracy Thatcher,
Richard Sextro, Elisabeth Derby, Sondra Jarvis, LBNL-51959, February 2003.
(Download, 3 MB, 47 pp)
- Modeling the Spread of Anthrax in Buildings
- Sextro, Richard, David Lorenzetti, Michael Sohn, and Tracy Thatcher, Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Summer 2002.
(Download, 187 KB, 6 pp)
- Inhalation Transfer Factors for Air Pollution Health Risk Assessment
- Lai, Alvin, Tracy Thatcher and William Nazaroff, Journal of Air & Waste Management Association, 2000.
(Download, 693 KB, 12 pp)
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Indoor-Outdoor Transport
- Building Airtightness: Research and Practice
- Max Sherman and Wanyu Chan, LBNL-53356, Feburary 2004.
(Download, 431 KB, 51 pp)
- A Concentration Rebound Method for Measuring Particle Penetration and Deposition in the Indoor Environment
- Thatcher, Tracy, Melissa Lunden, Kenneth Revzan, Richard Sextro, and Nancy Brown, Aerosol Science and Technology, 37:847-864, 2003
(Download, 755 KB, 18 pp)
- Analysis of US Residential Air Leakage Database
- Chan, Wanyu, Phillip Price, Michael Sohn, Ashok Gadgil, LBNL-53367, July 2003
(Download, 1.52 MB, 51 pp)
- Predicting Particle Deposition on HVAC Heat Exchangers
- Siegel, Jeffrey, and William Nazaroff, Atmospheric Environment Journal, April 2003.
(Download, 396 KB, 35 pp)
- Particle Penetration Through Building Cracks
- Liu, De-Ling, and William Nazaroff, Aerosol Science and Technology Journal, 2003.
(Download, 278 KB, 9 pp)
- Particle Penetration Through Windows
- Liu, De-Ling, and William Nazaroff, Indoor Air 2002 Conference, 2002.
(Download, 242 KB, 6 pp)
- Factors Affecting the Concentration of Outdoor Particles Indoors (COPI): Identification of Data Needs and Existing Data
- Thatcher, Tracy, Thomas McKone, William Fisk, Michael Sohn, William Delp, William Riley, and Rich Sextro, LBNL-49321, December 2001.
(Download, 529 KB, 82 pp)
- Modeling Pollutant Penetration Across Building Envelopes
- Liu, De-Ling, and William Nazaroff, Atmospheric Environment Journal, April 2001.
(Download, 288 KB, 12 pp)
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Particle Transport
- Modeling Particle Loss in Ducts
- Sippola, Mark, and William Nazaroff, Atmospheric Environment Journal, July 2003.
(Download, 518 KB, 29 pp)
- Predicting Particle Deposition on HVAC Heat Exchangers
- Siegel, Jeffrey, and William Nazaroff, Atmospheric Environment Journal, April 2003.
(Download, 396 KB, 35 pp)
- Particle Penetration Through Building Cracks
- Liu, De-Ling, and William Nazaroff, Aerosol Science and Technology Journal, 2003.
(Download, 278 KB, 9 pp)
- A Concentration Rebound Method for Measuring Particle Penetration and Deposition in the Indoor Environment
- Thatcher, Tracy, Melissa Lunden, Kenneth Revzan, Richard Sextro, and Nancy Brown, Submitted to Aerosol Science and Technology Journal, September 2002.
(Download, 642 KB, 48 pp)
- Particle Deposition in Ventilation Ducts
- Sippola, Mark, UC Berkeley Doctoral Dissertation, LBNL-52189, Fall 2002.
(Download, 5.7 MB, 537 pp)
- Particle Deposition from Turbulent Flow: Review of Published Research and Its Applicability to Ventilation Ducts in Commercial Buildings
- Sippola, Mark, and William Nazaroff, LBNL-51432, June 2002.
(Download, 1.7 MB, 166 pp)
- Modeling the Spread of Anthrax in Buildings
- Sextro, Richard, David Lorenzetti, Michael Sohn, and Tracy Thatcher Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Summer 2002.
(Download, 187 KB, 6 pp)
- Effects of Room Furnishings and Air Speed on Particle Deposition Rates Indoors
- Thatcher, Tracy, Alvin Lai, Rosa Moreno-Jackson, Richard Sextro, William Nazaroff, Atmospheric Environment Journal, January 2002.
(Download, 254 KB, 9 pp)
- Modeling Particle Deposition in Ventilation Ducts
- Sippola, Mark, and William Nazaroff, Indoor Air 2002 Conference, 2002.
(Download, 256 KB, 6 pp)
- Particle Penetration Through Windows
- Liu, De-Ling, and William Nazaroff, Indoor Air 2002 Conference, 2002.
(Download, 242 KB, 6 pp)
- Factors Affecting the Concentration of Outdoor Particles Indoors (COPI): Identification of Data Needs and Existing Data
- Thatcher, Tracy, Thomas McKone, William Fisk, Michael Sohn, William Delp, William Riley, and Rich Sextro, LBNL-49321, December 2001.
(Download, 529 KB, 82 pp)
- Modeling Pollutant Penetration Across Building Envelopes
- Liu, De-Ling, and William Nazaroff, Atmospheric Environment Journal, April 2001.
(Download, 288 KB, 12 pp)
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Sensor Interpretation
- Rapidly Locating Sources and Predicting Contaminant Dispersion in Buildings
- Sohn, Michael, Pamela Reynolds, Ashok Gadgil and Rich Sextro, Proceedings Indoor Air 2002 Conference, 2002.
(Download, 260 KB, 6 pp)
- Rapidly Locating and Characterizing Pollutant Releases in Buildings
- Sohn, Michael, Pamela Reynolds, Navtej Singh, and Ashok Gadgil, Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, December 2002.
(Download, 477 KB, 12 pp)
- Responding to Sudden Pollutant Releases in Office Buildings: 1. Framework and Analysis Tools
- Sohn, Michael, Rich Sextro, Ashok Gadgil and Joan Daisey, Indoor Air Journal, April 2002.
(Download, 237 KB, 24 pp)
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Uncertainty Analysis
- Assessing Uncertainties in the Relationship Between Inhaled Particle Concentrations, Internal Deposition, and Health Effects
- Price, Phil, Aerosol Handbook book chapter, LBNL-53480, 2003.
(Download, 713 KB, 44 pp)
- Rapidly Locating and Characterizing Pollutant Releases in Buildings
- Sohn, Michael, Pamela Reynolds, Navtej Singh, and Ashok Gadgil, Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, December 2002.
(Download, 477 KB, 12 pp)
- Responding to Sudden Pollutant Releases in Office Buildings: 1. Framework and Analysis Tools
- Sohn, Michael, Rich Sextro, Ashok Gadgil and Joan Daisey, Indoor Air Journal, April 2002.
(Download, 237 KB, 24 pp)
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Algorithm Development and Model Testing
- Characterizing Buildings for Airflow Models: What Should We Measure?
- Price, Phil, Sheng-Chieh Chang, Michael Sohn, LBNL-55321, June 2004.
(Download, 371 KB, 6 pp)
- Comparing Zonal and CFD Predictions of Isothermal Indoor Airflows to Experimental Data
- Mora, Laurent, Ashok Gadgil and Etienne Wurtz, Indoor Air Journal, 2003.
(Download, 219 KB, 9 pp)
- Rapidly Locating and Characterizing Pollutant Releases in Buildings
- Sohn, Michael, Pamela Reynolds, Navtej Singh, and Ashok Gadgil, Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, December 2002.
(Download, 477 KB, 12 pp)
- Computational Aspects of Nodal Multizone Airflow Systems
- Lorenzetti, David, Buildings and Environment Journal, November 2002.
(Download, 214 KB, 11 pp)
- Comparing Zonal and CFD Model Predictions of Indoor Airflows Under Mixed Convection Conditions to Experimental Data
- Mora, Laurent, Ashok Gadgil, Etienne Wurtz, Christian Inard, EPIC 2002 Conference, October 2002.
(Download, 333 KB, 6 pp)
- Predicting Indoor Pollutant Concentrations, and Applications to Air Quality Management
- Lorenzetti, David, Joint WHO-JRC-ECA Workshop, October 2002.
(Download, 107 KB, 4 pp)
- Assessing Multizone Airflow Simulation Software
- Lorenzetti, David, Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Summer 2002.
(Download, 103 KB, 5 pp)
- Responding to Sudden Pollutant Releases in Office Buildings: 1. Framework and Analysis Tools
- Sohn, Michael, Rich Sextro, Ashok Gadgil and Joan Daisey, Indoor Air Journal, April 2002.
(Download, 237 KB, 24 pp)
- An Algorithm for Real-Time Tomography of Gas Concentrations, Using Prior Information About Spatial Derivatives
- Price, Phillip, Marc Fischer, Ashok Gadgil, Richard Sextro, Atmospheric Environment Journal, December 2000.
(Download, 264 KB, 9 pp)
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Chamber Experiments
- Pollutant Dispersion in a Large Indoor Space: Part 1 - Scaled Experiments Using a Water-Filled Model with Occupants and Furniture
- Thatcher, Tracy, David Wilson, Emily Wood, Mathias Craig, and Rich Sextro, Submitted to Indoor Air Journal, April 2003.
(Download, 668 KB, 42 pp)
- Comparing Zonal and CFD Predictions of Isothermal Indoor Airflows to Experimental Data
- Mora, Laurent, Ashok Gadgil and Etienne Wurtz, Indoor Air Journal, 2003.
(Download, 219 KB, 9 pp)
- Pollutant Dispersion in a Large Indoor Space: Part 2 - Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Predictions and Comparison with a Scale Model Experiment for Isothermal Flow
- Finlayson, Elizabeth, Ashok Gadgil, Tracy Thatcher, and Richard Sextro, Submitted to Indoor Air Journal, 2003.
(Download, 550 KB, 36 pp)
- An Algorithm for Real-Time Tomography of Gas Concentrations, Using Prior Information About Spatial Derivatives
- Price, Phillip, Marc Fischer, Ashok Gadgil, Richard Sextro, Atmospheric Environment Journal, December 2000.
(Download, 264 KB, 9 pp)
- Rapid Measurements and Mapping of Tracer Gas Concentrations in a Large Indoor Space
- Fischer, Marc, Phillip Price, Tracy Thatcher, Carrie Schwalbe, Mathias Craig, Emily Wood, Richard Sextro, and Ashok Gadgil, Atmospheric Environment Journal, December 2000.
(Download, 224 KB, 8 pp)
- Pollutant Transport and Dispersion in Large Indoor Spaces: A Status Report for the Large Space Effort of the Interiors Project
- Gadgil, Ashok, Elizabeth Finlayson, Marc Fischer, Phillip Price, Tracy Thatcher, Mathias Craig, Kihyuck Hong, Jeffrey Housman,
Carrie Schwalbe, David Wilson, Emily Wood, and Richard Sextro, LBNL-44791, June 2000.
(Download, 1.01 MB, 85 pp)
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Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Indoor Pollutant Mixing Time in an Isothermal Closed Room: an Investigation Using CFD
- Gadgil, Ashok, Christian Lobscheid, Marc Abadie and Elizabeth Finlayson, Atmospheric Environment Journal, July 2003.
(Download, 197 KB, 36 pp)
- Pollutant Dispersion in a Large Indoor Space: Part 2 - Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Predictions and Comparison with a Scale Model Experiment for Isothermal Flow
- Finlayson, Elizabeth, Ashok Gadgil, Tracy Thatcher, and Richard Sextro, Submitted to Indoor Air Journal, 2003.
(Download, 550 KB, 36 pp)
- Comparing Zonal and CFD Model Predictions of Indoor Airflows Under Mixed Convection Conditions to Experimental Data
- Mora, Laurent, Ashok Gadgil, Etienne Wurtz, Christian Inard, EPIC 2002 Conference, October 2002.
(Download, 333 KB, 6 pp)
- Theoretical Study of Pollutant Mixing in Rooms Induced by Occupancy
- Mora, Laurent, and Ashok Gadgil, RoomVent 2002 Conference, 2002.
(Download, 82 KB, 4 pp)
- Pollutant Transport and Dispersion in Large Indoor Spaces: A Status Report for the Large Space Effort of the Interiors Project
- Gadgil, Ashok, Elizabeth Finlayson, Marc Fischer, Phillip Price, Tracy Thatcher, Mathias Craig, Kihyuck Hong, Jeffrey Housman,
Carrie Schwalbe, David Wilson, Emily Wood, and Richard Sextro, LBNL-44791, June 2000.
(Download, 1.01 MB, 85 pp)
Field Experiments
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Integrated Simulation Tools
- Comparing Zonal and CFD Predictions of Isothermal Indoor Airflows to Experimental Data
- Mora, Laurent, Ashok Gadgil and Etienne Wurtz, Indoor Air Journal, 2003.
(Download, 219 KB, 9 pp)
- Intake Fraction of Primary Pollutants: Motor Vehicle Emissions in the South Coast Air Basin
- Marshall, Julian, William Riley, Thomas McKone, William Nazaroff, Atmospheric Environment Journal, 2003.
(Download, 300 KB, 14 pp)
- Comparing Zonal and CFD Model Predictions of Indoor Airflows Under Mixed Convection Conditions to Experimental Data
- Mora, Laurent, Ashok Gadgil, Etienne Wurtz, Christian Inard, EPIC 2002 Conference, October 2002.
(Download, 333 KB, 6 pp)
- Modeling the Spread of Anthrax in Buildings
- Sextro, Richard, David Lorenzetti, Michael Sohn, and Tracy Thatcher, Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Summer 2002.
(Download, 187 KB, 6 pp)
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Multizone Simulation
- Computational Aspects of Nodal Multizone Airflow Systems
- Lorenzetti, David, Buildings and Environment Journal, November 2002.
(Download, 214 KB, 11 pp)
- Predicting Indoor Pollutant Concentrations, and Applications to Air Quality Management
- Lorenzetti, David, Joint WHO-JRC-ECA Workshop, October 2002.
(Download, 107 KB, 4 pp)
- Assessing Multizone Airflow Simulation Software
- Lorenzetti, David, Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Summer 2002.
(Download, 103 KB, 5 pp)
- Modeling Transient Contaminant Transport in HVAC Systems and Buildings
- Federspiel, Cliff, Huilin Li, David Auslander, David Lorenzetti and Ashok Gadgil, Indoor Air 2002 Conference, Summer 2002.
(Download, 179 KB, 6 pp)
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Water and Energy in Developing Countries
- UV Waterworks web site
- http://eetd.lbl.gov/ied/archive/uv/
- WaterHealth International web site
- http://www.waterhealth.com/
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