USING AIR EXCHANGE TO REDUCE THE PROBABILITY OF SPREADING CORONAVIRUS INFECTION

V. N. Melkumov, G. A. Kuznetsova, A. V. Panin, M. Ya. Panov
2021 №3(43) (2019)  
Statement of the problem. Ventilation processes have a significant impact on the spread of airborne infections. It is necessary to use air exchange to reduce the likelihood of spreading such infections. Mathematical model. Using the Wells - Riley model of airborne transmission of infectious diseases, a mathematical model has been developed for the spread of coronavirus infection in a medical institution, consisting of a group of communicating rooms in which both healthy and infected people are
more » ... onstantly located and moved. The mathematical model makes it possible to take into account the movement of people around the premises and the settling of quanta of the generation of infection by a sick person when air moves. Results. The general solution of the mathematical model is obtained, which allows calculating the concentration of quanta of generation of infection in the premises during the operation of a medical institution.Conclusions. The developed mathematical model of a medical institution allows a deeper understanding of the possibilities of the spread of coronavirus infection and taking these risks into account when designing medical institutions.
doi:10.36622/vstu.2020.48.4.002 fatcat:e2vz2b47dna3ld4wau7if2e22u