TITLE:
Identification of Model Parameters of Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Decomposi-tion Flux on Building Materials for Compu-tational Fluid Dynamics
AUTHORS:
Kazuhide Ito, Sung-Jun Yoo, Hirofumi Horata
KEYWORDS:
Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Wall Surface Decomposition Model, Chamber Experiment
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Environmental Protection,
Vol.7 No.2,
February
25,
2016
ABSTRACT: To maintain healthy and sanitary indoor air quality, development of effective decontamination measures for the indoor environment is important and hydrogen peroxide is often used as decontamination agent in healthcare environment. In this study, we focused on the decomposition phenomena of vaporized hydrogen peroxide on wall surfaces in indoor environment and discussed a wall surface decomposition model for vaporized hydrogen peroxide using computational fluid dynamics to simulate the concentration distributions of vaporized hydrogen peroxide. A major drawback to using numerical simulations is the lack of sufficient data on boundary conditions for various types of building materials and hence. We also conducted the fundamental chamber experiment to identify the model parameters of wall surface decomposition model for targeting five types of building materials.