Artistic rendering of Smoke  
Airflow and pollutant Transport Group  
Research Areas Tools Recent Publications Staff
Home > Recent Publications
Research Areas
CBR Protection / Planning
Building Airflow & Energy
Indoor-Outdoor Transport
Particle Transport
Sensor Interpretation
Uncertainty Analysis
Tools
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Chamber Experiments
Field Experiments
Multizone Simulation
Integrated Simulation Tools
Algorithm Development and Model Testing
Recent Publications (Last Updated 8/2006)
Airflow and Pollutant Transport Group Brochure
 
Algorithm Development and Model Testing Integrated Simulation Tools
Building Airflow and Energy Multizone Simulation
Chamber Experiments Particle Transport
Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Protection/Planning Sensor Interpretation
Computational Fluid Dynamics Uncertainty Analysis
Field Experiments Water and Energy in Developing Countries
Indoor-Outdoor Transport  
 

Airflow and Pollutant Transport Group Brochure

Safeguarding Buildings Against Chemical and Biological Attacks
September 2004
(Download, 360 KB, 2 pp)
 

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)
 
Return to Top

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)
 
Return to Top

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)
 
Return to Top

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)
 
Return to Top

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)
 
Return to Top

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)
 
Return to Top

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)
 
Return to Top

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)
 
Return to Top

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
 

Return to Top

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)
 
Return to Top

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)
 
Return to Top

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/
 
Return to Top
Research Areas | Tools | Recent Publications | Staff | Indoor Environment Department | EETD | LBNL | Webmaster