Abderrahim Lakhouit

University of Tabuk

Dr. Abderrahim Lakhouit has a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. He has two master’s degrees in Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. He is an assistant professor at the University of Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Previously he worked as a teaching assistant at Canadian universities. Dr. Lakhouit is also a researcher and has published articles in international journals such as Chemosphere. He is an associate and guest editor as well as reviewer for many international journals, including Waste Management, Environments, and others. He is an active member in the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP).

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Indoor air quality (IAQ) is an important aspect in building design due to its effect on human health and wellbeing. Generally, people spend about 90% of their time indoors where they are exposed to chemicals, particulate matters, biological contaminants and possibly carcinogens. In particular, the air quality at hospitals carries with it risks for serious health consequences for medical staff as well as patients and visitors. This book is a study of atmospheric air pollution and presents ways we can reduce its impacts on human health. It discusses tools for measuring IAQ as well as analyzes IAQ in closed buildings. It is an important documentation of air quality and its impact on human health.

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Atmospheric Air Pollution and Monitoring

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Introductory Chapter: Indoor Air Quality in the Closed Building

By Abderrahim Lakhouit

Part of the book: Atmospheric Air Pollution and Monitoring

Numerical Analysis of Indoor Air Quality in Hospital Case Study: Bronchoscopy Unit

By Hanaâ Hachimi, Chakib El Mokhi, Badr T. Alsulami and Abderrahim Lakhouit

This paper presents three ventilation scenarios for a bronchoscopy unit using a numerical study. A Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is employed for this purpose. The results obtained are visualized using Smokeview (SMV), which is a program for displaying FDS results. The numerical results are compared with experimental ones from Cheong and Phua’s research study. This study was chosen because it investigates ventilation strategies in hospital isolation rooms using a tracer gas technique. In the present work, six points of measurements are utilized to evaluate the concentrations of contaminants and air velocity. The results show that the concentrations estimated by FDS are inferior to the experimental results given by Cheong and Phua . For example, in the SP1 point of measurement, the concentrations estimated by FDS and by Cheong and Phua are 20 and 28.9 ppm, respectively, while in the SP5 point, the concentrations estimated by FDS and by Cheong and Phua are 28.6 and 32.9 ppm, respectively. The error percentages between FDS estimates and experimental measurements made by Cheong and Phua range between 1 and 32%.

Part of the book: Atmospheric Air Pollution and Monitoring

Abderrahim Lakhouit

Latest work with IntechOpen by Abderrahim Lakhouit

Atmospheric Air Pollution and Monitoring

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