Displacement ventilation has been identified as a means to efficiently deliver air into a room and exhaust contaminants from the occupied zone. In the US, standard design of the ventilation system in an infection isolation room is to use mixing ventilation. This session enables attendees to:
•State the benefits of displacement ventilation in spaces and compares it to the traditional mixing system.
•Identify the general design approach for displacement ventilation systems and how this design approach differs from other ventilation configurations (e.g. mixing).
•Describe the different types of room air distribution methods, their advantages/disadvantages and potential applications in a healthcare environment- including displacement ventilation.