TY - JOUR A1 - Alsaad, Hayder A1 - Schälte, Gereon A1 - Schneeweiß, Mario A1 - Becher, Lia A1 - Pollack, Moritz A1 - Gena, Amayu Wakoya A1 - Schweiker, Marcel A1 - Hartmann, Maria A1 - Voelker, Conrad A1 - Rossaint, Rolf A1 - Irrgang, Matthias T1 - The Spread of Exhaled Air and Aerosols during Physical Exercise JF - Journal of Clinical Medicine N2 - Physical exercise demonstrates a special case of aerosol emission due to its associated elevated breathing rate. This can lead to a faster spread of airborne viruses and respiratory diseases. Therefore, this study investigates cross-infection risk during training. Twelve human subjects exercised on a cycle ergometer under three mask scenarios: no mask, surgical mask, and FFP2 mask. The emitted aerosols were measured in a grey room with a measurement setup equipped with an optical particle sensor. The spread of expired air was qualitatively and quantitatively assessed using schlieren imaging. Moreover, user satisfaction surveys were conducted to evaluate the comfort of wearing face masks during training. The results indicated that both surgical and FFP2 masks significantly reduced particles emission with a reduction efficiency of 87.1% and 91.3% of all particle sizes, respectively. However, compared to surgical masks, FFP2 masks provided a nearly tenfold greater reduction of the particle size range with long residence time in the air (0.3–0.5 μm). Furthermore, the investigated masks reduced exhalation spreading distances to less than 0.15 m and 0.1 m in the case of the surgical mask and FFP2 mask, respectively. User satisfaction solely differed with respect to perceived dyspnea between no mask and FFP2 mask conditions. KW - Sport KW - Training KW - Fahrradergometer KW - sport KW - training KW - cycle ergometer KW - schlieren imaging KW - particles concentration KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2023 Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20230208-49262 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/4/1300 VL - 2023 IS - Volume 12, issue 4, article 1300 PB - Basel CY - MDPI ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vogel, Albert A1 - Arnold, Jörg A1 - Voelker, Conrad A1 - Kornadt, Oliver T1 - Data for sound pressure level prediction in lightweight constructions caused by structure-borne sound sources and their uncertainties JF - Data in Brief N2 - When predicting sound pressure levels induced by structure-borne sound sources and describing the sound propagation path through the building structure as exactly as possible, it is necessary to characterize the vibration behavior of the structure-borne sound sources. In this investigation, the characterization of structure-borne sound sources was performed using the two-stage method (TSM) described in EN 15657. Four different structure-borne sound sources were characterized and subsequently installed in a lightweight test stand. The resulting sound pressure levels in an adjacent receiving room were measured. In the second step, sound pressure levels were predicted according to EN 12354-5 based on the parameters of the structure-borne sound sources. Subsequently, the predicted and the measured sound pressure levels were compared to obtain reliable statements on the achievable accuracy when using source quantities determined by TSM with this prediction method. KW - Bauakustik KW - Körperschall KW - building acoustics KW - structure-borne sound KW - sound pressure level prediction KW - structure-borne sound sources KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2023 Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20230719-64114 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340923004110?via%3Dihub VL - 2023 IS - Volume 48, June 2023, article 109292 SP - 1 EP - 16 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pollack, Moritz A1 - Lück, Andrea A1 - Wolf, Mario A1 - Kraft, Eckhard A1 - Völker, Conrad T1 - Energy and Business Synergy: Leveraging Biogenic Resources from Agriculture, Waste, and Wastewater in German Rural Areas JF - Sustainability N2 - The imperative to transform current energy provisions is widely acknowledged. However, scant attention has hitherto been directed toward rural municipalities and their innate resources, notably biogenic resources. In this paper, a methodological framework is developed to interconnect resources from waste, wastewater, and agricultural domains for energy utilization. This entails cataloging existing resources, delineating their potential via quantitative assessments utilizing diverse technologies, and encapsulating them in a conceptual model. The formulated models underwent iterative evaluation with engagement from diverse stakeholders. Consequently, 3 main concepts, complemented by 72 sub-concepts, were delineated, all fostering positive contributions to climate protection and providing heat supply in the rural study area. The outcomes’ replicability is underscored by the study area’s generic structure and the employed methodology. Through these inquiries, a framework for the requisite energy transition, with a pronounced emphasis on the coupling of waste, wastewater, and agriculture sectors in rural environments, is robustly analyzed. KW - Energiewende KW - Energieplanung KW - Abfallwirtschaft KW - organischer Abfall KW - Biomasse KW - Regionalentwicklung KW - biogene Abfallstoffe KW - Abwassermanagement KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2023 Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20231222-65172 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/24/16573 VL - 2023 IS - volume 15, issue 24, article 16573 SP - 1 EP - 25 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Alsaad, Hayder A1 - Hartmann, Maria A1 - Völker, Conrad T1 - Hygrothermal simulation data of a living wall system for decentralized greywater treatment JF - Data in Brief N2 - This dataset presents the numerical analysis of the heat and moisture transport through a facade equipped with a living wall system designated for greywater treatment. While such greening systems provide many environmental benefits, they involve pumping large quantities of water onto the wall assembly, which can increase the risk of moisture in the wall as well as impaired energetic performance due to increased thermal conductivity with increased moisture content in the building materials. This dataset was acquired through numerical simulation using the coupling of two simulation tools, namely Envi-Met and Delphin. This coupling was used to include the complex role the plants play in shaping the near-wall environmental parameters in the hygrothermal simulations. Four different wall assemblies were investigated, each assembly was assessed twice: with and without the living wall. The presented data include the input and output parameters of the simulations, which were presented in the co-submitted article [1]. KW - Kupplung KW - Feuchteleitung KW - Heat transport KW - Moisture transport KW - Living wall KW - Wärmeübertragung KW - coupling KW - ENVI-Met KW - Delphin KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2022 Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20220106-45483 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340921010167?via%3Dihub VL - 2022 IS - volume 40, article 107741 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Teitelbaum, Eric A1 - Alsaad, Hayder A1 - Aviv, Dorit A1 - Kim, Alexander A1 - Völker, Conrad A1 - Meggers, Forrest A1 - Pantelic, Jovan T1 - Addressing a systematic error correcting for free and mixed convection when measuring mean radiant temperature with globe thermometers JF - Scientific reports N2 - It is widely accepted that most people spend the majority of their lives indoors. Most individuals do not realize that while indoors, roughly half of heat exchange affecting their thermal comfort is in the form of thermal infrared radiation. We show that while researchers have been aware of its thermal comfort significance over the past century, systemic error has crept into the most common evaluation techniques, preventing adequate characterization of the radiant environment. Measuring and characterizing radiant heat transfer is a critical component of both building energy efficiency and occupant thermal comfort and productivity. Globe thermometers are typically used to measure mean radiant temperature (MRT), a commonly used metric for accounting for the radiant effects of an environment at a point in space. In this paper we extend previous field work to a controlled laboratory setting to (1) rigorously demonstrate that existing correction factors used in the American Society of Heating Ventilation and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 55 or ISO7726 for using globe thermometers to quantify MRT are not sufficient; (2) develop a correction to improve the use of globe thermometers to address problems in the current standards; and (3) show that mean radiant temperature measured with ping-pong ball-sized globe thermometers is not reliable due to a stochastic convective bias. We also provide an analysis of the maximum precision of globe sensors themselves, a piece missing from the domain in contemporary literature. KW - Strahlungstemperatur KW - Mean radiant temperature KW - Globe thermometers KW - Indoor environment KW - Thermal comfort KW - Measurements KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2022 Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20220509-46363 UR - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-10172-5#citeas VL - 2022 IS - Volume 12, article 6473 PB - Springer Nature CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Alsaad, Hayder A1 - Hartmann, Maria A1 - Hilbel, Rebecca A1 - Völker, Conrad T1 - ENVI-met validation data accompanied with simulation data of the impact of facade greening on the urban microclimate JF - Data in Brief N2 - This dataset consists mainly of two subsets. The first subset includes measurements and simulation data conducted to validate the simulation tool ENVI-met. The measurements were conducted at the campus of the Bauhaus-University Weimar in Weimar, Germany and consisted of recording exterior air temperature, globe temperature, relative humidity, and wind velocity at 1.5 m at four points on four different days. After the measurements, the geometry of the campus was modelled and meshed; the simulations were conducted using the weather data of the measurements days with the aim of investigating the accuracy of the model. The second data subset consists of ENVI-met simulation data of the potential of facade greening in improving the outdoor environment and the indoor air temperature during heatwaves in Central European cities. The data consist of the boundary conditions and the simulation output of two simulation models: with and without facade greening. The geometry of the models corresponded to a residential buildings district in Stuttgart, Germany. The simulation output consisted of exterior air temperature, mean radiant temperature, relative humidity, and wind velocity at 12 different probe points in the model in addition to the indoor air temperature of an exemplary building. The dataset presents both vertical profiles of the probed parameters as well as the time series output of the five-day simulation duration. Both data subsets correspond to the investigations presented in the co-submitted article [1]. KW - Messung KW - Measurements KW - Simulations KW - ENVI-met KW - Living wall KW - Green facade KW - Simulation KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2022 Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20220511-46455 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340922004048#! VL - 2022 IS - Volume 42, article 108200 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Alsaad, Hayder A1 - Völker, Conrad T1 - Qualitative evaluation of the flow supplied by personalized ventilation using schlieren imaging and thermography JF - Building and Environment N2 - Personalized ventilation (PV) is a mean of delivering conditioned outdoor air into the breathing zone of the occupants. This study aims to qualitatively investigate the personalized flows using two methods of visualization: (1) schlieren imaging using a large schlieren mirror and (2) thermography using an infrared camera. While the schlieren imaging was used to render the velocity and mass transport of the supplied flow, thermography was implemented to visualize the air temperature distribution induced by the PV. Both studies were conducted using a thermal manikin to simulate an occupant facing a PV outlet. As a reference, the flow supplied by an axial fan and a cased axial fan was visualized with the schlieren system as well and compared to the flow supplied by PV. Schlieren visualization results indicate that the steady, low-turbulence flow supplied by PV was able to penetrate the thermal convective boundary layer encasing the manikin's body, providing clean air for inhalation. Contrarily, the axial fan diffused the supplied air over a large target area with high turbulence intensity; it only disturbed the convective boundary layer rather than destroying it. The cased fan supplied a flow with a reduced target area which allowed supplying more air into the breathing zone compared to the fan. The results of thermography visualization showed that the supplied cool air from PV penetrated the corona-shaped thermal boundary layer. Furthermore, the supplied air cooled the surface temperature of the face, which indicates the large impact of PV on local thermal sensation and comfort. KW - Bildverarbeitung KW - Photothermische Methode KW - Visualisierung KW - Belüftung KW - Lüftungsanlage KW - Schlieren imaging KW - Thermography KW - Visualization KW - Personalized ventilation KW - Axial fan Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20211008-45117 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360132319306602?via%3Dihub N1 - This is the accepted manuscript of the article published by Elsevier in Building and Environment 167 (2020) 106450, which can be found at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106450. VL - 2020 IS - Volume 167, article 106450 PB - Elsevier CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Alsaad, Hayder A1 - Hartmann, Maria A1 - Voelker, Conrad T1 - The effect of a living wall system designated for greywater treatment on the hygrothermal performance of the facade JF - Energy and Buildings N2 - Besides their multiple known benefits regarding urban microclimate, living walls can be used as decentralized stand-alone systems to treat greywater locally at the buildings. While this offers numerous environmental advantages, it can have a considerable impact on the hygrothermal performance of the facade as such systems involve bringing large quantities of water onto the facade. As it is difficult to represent complex entities such as plants in the typical simulation tools used for heat and moisture transport, this study suggests a new approach to tackle this challenge by coupling two tools: ENVI-Met and Delphin. ENVI-Met was used to simulate the impact of the plants to determine the local environmental parameters at the living wall. Delphin, on the other hand, was used to conduct the hygrothermal simulations using the local parameters calculated by ENVI-Met. Four wall constructions were investigated in this study: an uninsulated brick wall, a precast concrete plate, a sandy limestone wall, and a double-shell wall. The results showed that the living wall improved the U-value, the exterior surface temperature, and the heat flux through the wall. Moreover, the living wall did not increase the risk of moisture in the wall during winter and eliminated the risk of condensation. KW - Feuchteleitung KW - Diffusionswärme KW - Heat transport KW - Moisture transport KW - Living wall KW - Delphin KW - ENVI-Met Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20240116-65299 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778821009956 VL - 2022 IS - volume 255, article 111711 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Becher, Lia A1 - Gena, Amayu Wakoya A1 - Alsaad, Hayder A1 - Richter, Bernhard A1 - Spahn, Claudia A1 - Völker, Conrad T1 - The spread of breathing air from wind instruments and singers using schlieren techniques JF - Indoor Air N2 - The spread of breathing air when playing wind instruments and singing was investigated and visualized using two methods: (1) schlieren imaging with a schlieren mirror and (2) background-oriented schlieren (BOS). These methods visualize airflow by visualizing density gradients in transparent media. The playing of professional woodwind and brass instrument players, as well as professional classical trained singers were investigated to estimate the spread distances of the breathing air. For a better comparison and consistent measurement series, a single high note, a single low note, and an extract of a musical piece were investigated. Additionally, anemometry was used to determine the velocity of the spreading breathing air and the extent to which it was quantifiable. The results showed that the ejected airflow from the examined instruments and singers did not exceed a spreading range of 1.2 m into the room. However, differences in the various instruments have to be considered to assess properly the spread of the breathing air. The findings discussed below help to estimate the risk of cross-infection for wind instrument players and singers and to develop efficacious safety precautions, which is essential during critical health periods such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. KW - Covid-19 KW - Pandemie KW - Blasinstrument KW - Gesang KW - Schlierenmethode KW - airborne infection KW - background-oriented schlieren KW - schlieren imaging Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20220209-45817 UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ina.12869 VL - 2021 IS - volume 31, issue 6 SP - 1798 EP - 1814 PB - Wiley Blackwell CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dokhanchi, Najmeh Sadat A1 - Arnold, Jörg A1 - Vogel, Albert A1 - Völker, Conrad T1 - Measurement of indoor air temperature distribution using acoustic travel-time tomography: Optimization of transducers location and sound-ray coverage of the room JF - Measurement N2 - Acoustic travel-time TOMography (ATOM) allows the measurement and reconstruction of air temperature distributions. Due to limiting factors, such as the challenge of travel-time estimation of the early reflections in the room impulse response, which heavily depends on the position of transducers inside the measurement area, ATOM is applied mainly outdoors. To apply ATOM in buildings, this paper presents a numerical solution to optimize the positions of transducers. This optimization avoids reflection overlaps, leading to distinguishable travel-times in the impulse response reflectogram. To increase the accuracy of the measured temperature within tomographic voxels, an additional function is employed to the proposed numerical method to minimize the number of sound-path-free voxels, ensuring the best sound-ray coverage of the room. Subsequently, an experimental set-up has been performed to verify the proposed numerical method. The results indicate the positive impact of the optimal positions of transducers on the distribution of ATOM-temperatures. KW - Bauphysik KW - Bauklimatik KW - Akustische Laufzeit-Tomographie Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20220524-46473 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0263224120304723?via%3Dihub VL - 2020 IS - Volume 164, article 107934 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER -