Aerosol Transport and Deposition in Respiratory Tract
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality and Human Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2022) | Viewed by 449
Special Issue Editors
Interests: solar thermal energy technology; heat transfer in buildings; computational fluid dynamics; boundary layer theory; transport in porous media; magnetic convection; modeling of particle deposition, clearance, and interaction with lung surfactant; numerical modeling of deformation issue of RBCs related to their aging
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to inform you that we are organizing a Special Issue on “Aerosol Transport and Deposition in the Respiratory Tract" in Atmosphere. Atmosphere is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focused on all areas of scientific research related to the atmosphere. For detailed information on the journal, visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere.
Particle transport and deposition are influenced by lung structure, particle shapes and sizes and complex breathing patterns. Improving respiratory health is an important objective for those who work in the mining, construction and processing industries, which produce a huge amount of particulate matter (PM). Moreover, the World Health Organisation recently updated its advice about the importance of SARS CoV-2 aerosol transmission, warning that because aerosols can remain suspended in the air, crowded indoor settings and areas with poor ventilation pose a significant risk for the transmission of COVID-19.
It is essential to know the size of drug formulation that is suitable for targeted drug delivery in the lungs. For an inhalation actuated device, a proper combination of inhalation rate and drug particle size will result in the desired targeted delivery. Hence, the prediction of aerosolized/powdered drug deposition in human lungs is vital to better understand targeted drug delivery. Therefore, research is continuing to investigate the effect of a realistic inhalation rate and the particle size of the drug on targeted drug delivery in a realistic human lung model for improving the understanding of airflow and drug deposition in the HRT (Human Respiratory Tract). The knowledge of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) can be used in this research to reveal the interesting aspects of the interaction of the flow and particle dynamics in human airways after administering drugs through inhalers.
This Special Issue is open to any subject area related to the impact of aerosol particles on respiratory health. The listed keywords suggest just a few of the many possibilities.
Dr. Suvash C. Saha
Dr. Akshoy Ranjan Paul
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aerosol transport
- particle exposure
- particle emission
- SARS CoV-2 virus transport
- progressive massive fibrosis (PMF)
- computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- multiphase flow
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- asthma
- mathematical modelling
- virus transport
- ventilation
- water spraying
- personal protective equipment (PPE)
- biomedical modelling
