Comparison of results from indoor radon measurements using active and passive methods with those from mathematical modeling.

Autor: Visnuprasad AK; Center for Advanced Research in Physical Sciences (CARPS), Fatima Mata National College (Autonomous), Kerala, 691001, India., Reby Roy KE; Department of Mechanical Engineering, T.K.M College of Engineering, Kerala, 691005, India., Jojo PJ; Center for Advanced Research in Physical Sciences (CARPS), Fatima Mata National College (Autonomous), Kerala, 691001, India. jojo@fatimacollege.net.; Department of Applied Physics, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea. jojo@fatimacollege.net., Sahoo BK; Radiological Physics and Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400 085, India.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Radiation and environmental biophysics [Radiat Environ Biophys] 2019 Aug; Vol. 58 (3), pp. 345-352. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Jun 27.
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-019-00804-2
Abstrakt: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been used to simulate the distribution of indoor radon concentration in a naturally ventilated room. Finite volume method was employed in CFD code for the simulation of indoor radon. The simulation results were validated at 34 points in a matrix of two horizontal planes (y = 1.3 m and y = 2.1 m) using passive pinhole dosimeters and at six points using an active scintillation radon monitor. The CFD results were found to exhibit an excellent correlation with the measured values. It is concluded that CFD analysis is a powerful tool to visualize indoor radon distribution.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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