The role of microclimate in the formation of indoor air pollution

IF 1.1 4区工程技术 Q4 THERMODYNAMICS

Thermal Science Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.2298/tsci220215105k

Oskars Kalva

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Abstract

Indoor air quality plays a key role in assessing people's quality of life, as a large proportion of people spend up to 22 hours a day indoors and people are exposed to indoor air almost all day long [1]. People in developed countries spend much more time indoors. Recently, employers are paying more and more attention to ensuring the well - being of employees, as it affects the quality and productivity of their work [2, 3]. Ensuring an appropriate working environment on the part of employers ensures both sustainable social and economic links. Well-being can be affected by various parameters of the indoor environment, in addition to the microclimate, they can be - lighting, noise level, various odors. However, one of the primary indicators of comfort or discomfort in an indoor environment is thermal comfort or discomfort [4]. Gas stations were chosen as place for measurements because they are considered dangerous for several reasons: gas station territory is potentially hazardous with a high environmental risk and explosion hazard. Working shifts and nights is also considered undesirable for human health as it disrupts the biological rhythms in the human body [5]. In such circumstances, the indoor microclimate and air parameters play a very important role, as spending long hours in inappropriate microclimatic conditions is likely to lead to various long - term health problems for the workers.

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小气候在室内空气污染形成中的作用

室内空气质量在评估人们的生活质量方面起着关键作用，因为很大一部分人每天在室内度过长达22个小时，人们几乎整天都暴露在室内空气中。发达国家的人们花在室内的时间要多得多。近年来，雇主越来越重视员工的福利保障，因为这关系到员工的工作质量和生产力[2,3]。确保雇主有一个适当的工作环境，确保可持续的社会和经济联系。幸福感可以受到室内环境的各种参数的影响，除了小气候，它们可以是——照明、噪音水平、各种气味。然而，室内环境舒适或不舒适的主要指标之一是热舒适或不舒适[4]。之所以选择加油站作为测量地点，是因为它们被认为是危险的，原因有以下几点:加油站区域具有高环境风险和爆炸危险的潜在危险。轮班和夜间工作也被认为对人体健康不利，因为它扰乱了人体的生物节律。在这种情况下，室内小气候和空气参数起着非常重要的作用，因为长时间在不适当的小气候条件下工作可能会导致工人的各种长期健康问题。

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Thermal Science 工程技术-热力学

CiteScore

2.70

自引率

29.40%

发文量

399

审稿时长

5 months

期刊介绍： The main aims of Thermal Science to publish papers giving results of the fundamental and applied research in different, but closely connected fields: fluid mechanics (mainly turbulent flows), heat transfer, mass transfer, combustion and chemical processes in single, and specifically in multi-phase and multi-component flows in high-temperature chemically reacting flows processes present in thermal engineering, energy generating or consuming equipment, process and chemical engineering equipment and devices, ecological engineering, The important characteristic of the journal is the orientation to the fundamental results of the investigations of different physical and chemical processes, always jointly present in real conditions, and their mutual influence. To publish papers written by experts from different fields: mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics and related fields. To inform international scientific community about the recent, and most prominent fundamental results achieved in the South-East European region, and particularly in Serbia, and - vice versa - to inform the scientific community from South-East European Region about recent fundamental and applied scientific achievements in developed countries, serving as a basis for technology development. To achieve international standards of the published papers, by the engagement of experts from different countries in the International Advisory board.