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

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

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"
}