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Experimental and computational study of particulate matter of secondhand smoke in indoor environment

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Tobacco smoking has become one of the greatest sources of indoor inhalable particles. Tobacco smoke changes chemically and physically after it is released into indoor air; these changes can increase secondhand smoke (SHS) toxicity. The SHS as assessed by indoor particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 mm (PM2.5) was investigated experimentally and computationally. Test house experiment was performed to study the PM2.5 concentration under controlled conditions coupled with mathematical model of continuity equation. PM2.5 was measured using a DustTrak personal sampler. Two-dimensional flow and dispersion of cigarette smoke were modeled using computational fluids dynamics model which were solved using Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations. The effect of air purifier in reducing SHS and thirdhand smoke (THS) was analyzed and evaluated. The results demonstrated that the air purifier cannot control the indoor PM2.5 levels. Furthermore, amount of smoke from main stream of SHS is more compared to side stream and THS can be evaluated by calculating the adsorption term of continuity equation.

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This work was carried out with funding from Kuwait University.

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  1. College of Graduate Studies, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait

    A. A. Al-sarraf

  2. Department of Environmental Technology and Management, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 5969, 13060, Kuwait, Safat, Kuwait

    M. F. Yassin

  3. Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, 71516, Egypt

    M. F. Yassin

  4. Department of Chemical Engineering, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait

    W. Bouhamra

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Nomenclature

CFD

Computational fluid dynamics

HVAC

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning

HPSH

Harvard School of Public Health

IAQ

Indoor air quality

μg/m3

Micrograms per cubic meter

mg/m3

Milligrams per cubic meter

NMSE

Normalized mean square error

PM2.5

Particulate matter of diameter of 2.5 micro meters or less in size

RANS

Reynolds averaged Navier–Stokes equations

SHS

Secondhand smoking

SOP

Standard operating procedure

THS

Thirdhand smoke

TKE

Turbulent kinetic energy

ε

Dispassition of turbulent kinetic energy

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Al-sarraf, A.A., Yassin, M.F. & Bouhamra, W. Experimental and computational study of particulate matter of secondhand smoke in indoor environment. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 12, 73–86 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-013-0414-x

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