Ventilation and air quality in indoor ice skating arenas

Chunxin Yang; Philip Demokritou; Qingyan Chen; John Spengler; Austin Parsons

Ventilation and air quality in indoor ice skating arenas

Chunxin Yang
, Philip Demokritou
, Qingyan Chen
, John Spengler
, Austin Parsons

Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering

Research output: Journal article publication › Conference article › Academic research › peer-review

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Abstract

There are thousands of indoor ice rink arenas in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The combustion byproducts from the fuel-powered ice resurfacing equipment are a potential health risk to both athletes and spectators. A field survey of ten ice rink arenas in Greater Boston and Halifax, Nova Scotia, indicates that the fuel type used by the resurfacer as well as the air exchange rate, the air distribution method, and the operation strategy of the ventilation system are significant contributing factors to the indoor air quality (IAQ). Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been used to systematically investigate the impact of the air exchange rate, air distribution method, and ventilation control strategies on the IAQ in an arena. With CFD, it is possible to develop design and operating guidelines for ventilation systems in order to reduce contamination levels in the arenas.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	PA/-
Journal	ASHRAE Transactions
Volume	106
Publication status	Published - 2000
Event	2000 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineerings, INC - Minneapolis, MN, USA Duration: 25 Jun 2000 → 28 Jun 2000

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Building and Construction
Mechanical Engineering

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