Study of indoor radon distribution using measurements and CFD modeling

Development of the method of evaluation of the level of environmental safety of housing accommodation and its approbation

“…Separately, the negative influence of the electromagnetic field on the health of the population is considered in [9]. The authors of [10] consider the pollution of the premises only by radon. The authors of [11] specifically consider only the negative effects of dampness and mold.…”

“…In [14], quality of life is estimated by indicators of the number of population living in the noise pollution zone. The analysis of the research results presented in the above-mentioned studies [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] serves as an additional confirmation of the relevance of the issues of assessing the environmental safety level of residential premises by a hazards combination. However, at the same time, such results do not provide comprehensive consideration of the factors of the environmental hazards formation and, most importantly, do not answer the question of choosing the actual method of evaluation.…”

Measurements and CFD modeling of indoor thoron distribution

“…Several studies have been performed world over for enhancing knowledge about understanding of indoor radon distribution. Measurements, models and more recently CFD techniques have been employed for this purpose (Bochicchio et al, 1996;Chauhan et al, 2014;Manic et al, 2006;Nazaroff and Nero, 1988;Virk, 1999, Jelle, 2012Vasilyevet al, 2013;Zhou et al, 2001;Urosevic et al, 2008). The importance of studying indoor thoron distribution is highlighted for the workplace and dwellings containing noticeable thoron source term (Malathi et al, 2008;Ramachandan et al, 2011;Ramola et al, 2013).…”

“…In a recently published work (Chauhan et al, 2014), indoor radon distribution for a typical indoor environment was studied using CFD technique. The results from CFD model were compared with measurements (active and passive).…”

“…Results from the experimental measurements were compared with CFD model based predictions. Locations for deploying measurement devices were kept same as our recent work (Chauhan et al, 2014) for additionally comparing this case with indoor radon distribution inferences.…”