A model for indoor motion dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 as a function of respiratory droplet size and evaporation

dc.contributor.authorAydın, Mehmet
dc.contributor.authorSavaş, Seçkin Aydın
dc.contributor.authorEvrendilek, Fatih
dc.contributor.authorAydın, İsmail Erkan
dc.contributor.authorEvrendilek, Deniz Eren
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-23T14:00:49Z
dc.date.available2022-09-23T14:00:49Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentALKÜ, Fakülteler, Tıp Fakültesi, Cerrahi Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü
dc.description.abstractA simplified model has been devised to estimate the falling dynamics of severe acute respiratory syndrome corona-virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-laden droplets in an indoor environment. Our estimations were compared to existing literature data. The spread of SARS-CoV-2 is closely coupled to its falling dynamics as a function of respiratory droplet diameter (1 to 2000 mu m) of an infected person and droplet evaporation. The falling time of SARS-CoV-2 with a respiratory droplet diameter of about 300 mu m from a height of 1.7 m remained almost the same among the Newtonian lift equation, Stokes's law, and our simplified model derived from them so as to account for its evaporation. The evaporative demand peaked at midday which was ten times that at midnight. The evaporating droplets <= 6 mu m lost their water content rapidly, making their lifetimes in the air shorter than their falling times. The droplets <= 6 mu m were able to evaporate completely and remained in the air for about 5 min as droplet nuclei with SARS-CoV-2.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10661-021-09382-7
dc.identifier.issue10en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12868/1676
dc.identifier.urihttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-021-09382-7
dc.identifier.volume193en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Monitoring and Assessment
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2 contamination risks
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectNewton's and Stokes' laws
dc.subjectRespiratory droplet size
dc.subjectDroplet evaporation
dc.titleA model for indoor motion dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 as a function of respiratory droplet size and evaporation
dc.typeArticle

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