Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53921#.VNxepSzQrzE Author(s) Carla Balocco 1 , Giuseppe Petrone 2* , Giuliano Cammarata 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy . 2 Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Catania, Catania, Italy . ABSTRACT A study on performances of different ventilation schemes provided by vertical and horizontal uni-directional air flow was carried out in a standard orthopaedic operating theatre (OT). Starting from our previous studies of a real OT under operating use conditions, in this research different air flow configurations, considering some air curtain solutions on the ceiling and at the sliding door always assumed to be open as a basic boundary condition, were investigated by numerical simulations. Indoor air quality (IAQ) indexes and thermal comfort parameters, deduced from simulati...
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