Researchers at GW have developed a sensor network that can be utilized in validation of healthy buildings and transportation systems. The sensor network can be a system that can achieve the validation by means of airflow optimization. The sensor network system allows for a highly efficient and highly accurate assessment as to undesirable particles that may be present in a room or a like space. Next, the sensor network system can accommodate undesirable conditions in a room by allowing the effect of adjustments to the room’s configuration and ventilation to be tested against adverse health-safety effects of breathable particulates. Finally, the sensor network systems allow for the mapping of the effect of airflows and allows for correlations as to undesirable conditions in a room to be found.
The disclosed invention can be implemented as either a system, a method as can be appreciated. In some embodiments, the technology is a system comprising sensors, injectors, actuators, and a system processor. In order to optimize the air flow, the system processor directs the injectors to expel aerosol particles into an environment, such that the aerosol particles can be measured by the one or more sensors. Flow intensity map generation is then used to map the aerosol particles and air flow is changed to optimize aerosol particle concentration using the actuators.
Fig. 1 – One embodiment of the implementation of the disclosed invention in a room
Applications:
- Validate remediation strategies for COVID-19 as well as for other sources of air pollution such as solid particulates, pollen, bacteria, and other aerosols
- Utilization in certifying the safety of schools, businesses, and events where people gather in groups in indoor spaces
Advantages:
- Allows for a highly efficient and highly accurate assessment as to undesirable particles that may be present in a room or a like space
- Accommodates undesirable conditions in a room by allowing allows the effect of adjustments to the room’s configuration and ventilation to be tested against adverse health-safety effects of breathable particulates
- Allow for the mapping of the effect of airflows and allows for correlations as to undesirable conditions in a room to be found
