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The research by computational fluid dynamics(CFD) was conducted on distribution characteristics of pollutant in the vehicle cabin. The layout of supply openings, the chairs and the human body had importantly effect on the concentration fields. The concentration in near window zone was lower the other zones. The CO2 levels in middle zone was higher than in end zone. The CO2 levels was exceed standard between at z=1.1m and z=1.5m zones, mostly being about 1.5 times of the upper limit value for the Standard. Large CO2 concentration gradients were present close to the inhaling regions (z=1.1m). The CO2 concentration in the vehicle cabin indicated that the current vehicle ventilation system is poor to dilute air pollutants in the vehicle.
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Xiang, L., Wang, H. (2011). Numerical Simulation of Pollutant Transport within an Vehicle Cabin. In: Lin, S., Huang, X. (eds) Advances in Computer Science, Environment, Ecoinformatics, and Education. CSEE 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 216. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23345-6_103
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