Comparing Design Schemes and Infection Risk Assessment of Negative Pressure Isolation Cabin

Shuwen Zhou, Yixin Zan and Xiaolong Liu ()
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Shuwen Zhou: School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Yixin Zan: School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Xiaolong Liu: School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 17, 1-25

Abstract: At present, various public health emergencies have forced a deeper study of measures to prevent infectious diseases. To prevent the spread of infectious diseases on large cruise ships, the use of negative pressure isolation cabins is an effective method. However, existing cruise ships rarely use negative pressure isolation cabins or use them with shortcomings such as unreasonable layout of air inlets, which do not effectively reduce the risk of infection for medical staff while isolating patients. To solve this problem, first, the method of active air interference and the principle of proximity of the fresh air outlet were examined in this paper, and four groups of optimization schemes were designed. Second, by analyzing the diffusion of droplets in three breathing modes (coughing, sneezing, and talking while wearing or not wearing a mask), the direction of droplets and the efficiency of pollutant discharge under the condition of coughing were compared. Finally, in this paper, the infection risk of contact transmission and aerosol transmission was optimized by using the linear quantitative evaluation method and MSDR method, respectively. The results showed that the auxiliary air intake layout of optimal scheme 2 can effectively reduce the risk of infection for medical personnel in negative pressure isolation cabins. This study provides a useful reference for the design and optimization of negative pressure isolation cabins in future cruise ships.

Keywords: assessment of infection risk; diffusion of droplets; isolation cabin; optimized design; wearing a mask (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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