Publication detail
Numerical simulation of thermal environment at different relative humidity levels in one operating room of St. Olav’s hospital
FEČER, T. HATTEN, T. BI, Y. CAO, G.
Original Title
Numerical simulation of thermal environment at different relative humidity levels in one operating room of St. Olav’s hospital
Type
journal article - other
Language
English
Original Abstract
This study investigated the influence of three different levels of relative humidity, 20%, 40%, and 60% on the thermal comfort of surgical patient and staff in one operating room of St. Olav’s hospital with mixing ventilation. The results of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) are used to calculate the Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) and the Predicted Percentage of Dissatisfied (PPD) values in order to evaluate the thermal comfort levels of surgical patient and staff. The calculated values of PMV and PPD indicate the thermal environment may be acceptable for the patient with different relative humidity levels, while surgical staffs feel always warm in all three scenarios.
Keywords
Thermal comfort, ventilation, operating room, CFD simulation, air velocity
Authors
FEČER, T.; HATTEN, T.; BI, Y.; CAO, G.
Released
1. 12. 2021
Publisher
REHVA
Location
Brussels, Belgium
ISBN
1307-3729
Periodical
REHVA Journal
Year of study
6
Number
58
State
Kingdom of Belgium
Pages from
32
Pages to
36
Pages count
5
URL
BibTex
@article{BUT175413,
author="Tomáš {Fečer} and Thea Solberg {Hatten} and Yang {Bi} and Guangyu {Cao}",
title="Numerical simulation of thermal environment at different relative humidity levels in one operating room of St. Olav’s hospital",
journal="REHVA Journal",
year="2021",
volume="6",
number="58",
pages="32--36",
issn="1307-3729",
url="https://www.rehva.eu/rehva-journal/chapter/numerical-simulation-of-thermal-environment-at-different-relative-humidity-levels-in-one-operating-room-of-st-olavs-hospital"
}