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Manders, A.M.M. (author), Ketzel, M. (author)Air quality in Europe has been considered an issue since the 1950s and has improved considerably over the past decades. Emissions in 2018 were reduced considerably as compared to 2005, with emission reductions of SOx of more than 50%, of NOx of about 40% and of PM10 of about 25%. Nowadays, many areas comply with the limit values of the European...bookPart 2023
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Kranenburg, R. (author), Kuenen, J.J.P. (author)Shipping has a significant share in the emissions of air pollutants such as NOx and particulate matter (PM), and the global maritime transport volumes are projected to increase further in the future. The major route for short sea shipping within Europe and the main shipping route between Europe and East Asia are found in the Mediterranean Sea....article 2023
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Smyth, T. (author), Deakin, A. (author), Pewter, J. (author), Snee, D. (author), Proud, R. (author), Verbeek, R. (author), Verhagen, V. (author), Paschinger, P. (author), Bell, T. (author), Fishwick, J. (author), Yang, M. (author)Global concerns regarding air quality have over the past decade led to the introduction of regulations by the International Maritime Organisation curbing the emissions of sulphur and nitrogen oxides (SOx, NOx). These limits were implemented initially in so-called “emission control areas”, defined where the density of shipping activity combines...article 2023
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van der Vossen, J.M.B.M. (author), Kreikamp, A.P. (author), Hatt, V. (author), Ouwens, A.M.T. (author), Brasem, D.J. (author), Heerikhuisen, M. (author), Montijn, R.C. (author)Background: The global COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a greater interest in improving the ventilation of indoor environments in order to remove aerosolized virus and thus reduce transmission. Air purification systems have been proposed as a solution to improve aerosol removal. Aim: The aim was to determine the efficacy of air purification...article 2023
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Hinestroza-Ramirez, J.E. (author), Lopez-Restrepo, S. (author), Botero, A.Y. (author), Segers, A.J. (author), Rendon-Perez, A.M. (author), Isaza-Cadavid, S. (author), Heemink, A. (author), Quintero, O.L. (author)Chemical transport models (CTM) are crucial for simulating the distribution of air pollutants, such as particulate matter, and evaluating their impact on the environment and human health. However, these models rely heavily on accurate emission inventory and meteorological inputs, usually obtained from reanalyzed weather data, such as the...article 2023
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Nedeljkovic, M. (author), Mylonas, A. (author), Wiktor, V. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Visser, J.H.M. (author)Fine recycled concrete aggregates (fRCA, 0–4 mm) are produced from demolished concrete structures and consist of natural aggregates and old cement mortar. The presence of old cement mortar has detrimental effect on the fresh properties and trength of new concrete. This study aims to investigate the working mechanism and effectiveness of...article 2022
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Brobbey, A. (author), Rydz, E. (author), Fenton, S. (author), Demers, P.A. (author), Ge, C.B. (author), Peters, C.E. (author)Radon is an established lung carcinogen concentrating in indoor environments with importance for many workers worldwide. However, a systematic assessment of radon levels faced by all workers, not just those with direct uranium or radon exposure, has not previously been completed. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of...article 2022
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Borsboom, W.A. (author), Kornaat, W. (author), van der Linden, R. (author), Eslami Mossallam, B. (author), de Gids, W. (author)Control of HVAC systems may reduce congestion of the electricity grid on district level by shifting energy demand of buildings and increase the self-consumption of local photovoltaic energy. To achieve an optimal control of ventilation, occupant behaviour should be taken into account. To describe occupant behaviour, usually black box models are...conference paper 2022
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Heus, R. (author), van Berlo, M.P.W. (author), van Berlo, B.M.A. (author), Mol, D. (author), Daanen, H.A.M. (author), Kuklane, K. (author)During the early stage of a fire, a process operator often acts as the first responder and may be exposed to high heat radiation levels. The present limit values of long- (>15 min) and short-term exposure (article 2022
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Deng, T. (author), Manders, A.M. (author), Jin, J. (author), Lin, H.X. (author)Ground-level ozone is a critical atmospheric pollutant, and high concentrations of ozone can damage human health, affect plant growth and cause ecological harm. Traditional chemical transport models and popular machine learning models have difficulty in predicting ozone concentrations, especially in times with high concentrations. We proposes a...article 2022
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Frank, D. (author), Jha, N.K. (author), Koene, F.G.H. (author), Kemp, R.E.J. (author), Twerda, A. (author), Linden, P.F. (author)An air curtain is a planar turbulent air jet, which is used to separate two zones maintained at different temperatures. One of the aims of using an air curtain in the doorway of a building is to minimise the heat losses from the warm room to the cold environment and thus, to save energy. It is important to know how well an air curtain performs...article 2022
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Pseftogkas, A. (author), Koukouli, M.E. (author), Segers, A.J. (author), Manders, A.M.M. (author), van Geffen, J. (author), Balis, D. (author), Meleti, C. (author), Stavrakou, T. (author), Eskes, H. (author)The aim of this paper is to evaluate the surface concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) inferred from the Sentinel-5 Precursor Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (S5P/TROPOMI) NO2 tropospheric column densities over Central Europe for two time periods, summer 2019 and winter 2019–2020. Simulations of the NO2 tropospheric vertical column...article 2022
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Bouquet, F. (author)Controlled, guided munitions can reduce dispersion in the shot, while providing the capability of engaging both stationary and maneuvering targets. The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research has developed a fin-less control technology called Stagnation Pressure Reaction Control (SPRC) that takes stagnation pressure air and...article 2022
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Timmermans, R.M.A. (author), van Pinxteren, D. (author), Kranenburg, R. (author), Hendriks, C. (author), Fomba, K.W. (author), Herrmann, H. (author), Schaap, M. (author)Due to its serious health impact particulate matter is one of the air pollutants subject to abatement policies. Information on the main sources responsible for high concentrations of pollutants is therefore crucial to enable effective policy measures. In this study we compared two different methods for attribution of particulate matter...article 2022
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Efficiency of three cooling methods for hyperthermic military personnel linked to water availabilityKlous, L. (author), van Diemen, F. (author), Ruijs, S. (author), Gerrett, N. (author), Daanen, H. (author), de Weerd, M. (author), Veenstra, B. (author), Levels, K. (author)Purpose: Three feasible cooling methods for treatment of hyperthermic individuals in the military, that differed considerably in water volume needed (none to ~80 L), were evaluated. Methods: Ten male soldiers were cooled following exercise-induced hyperthermia (rectal temperature (Tre) ∼39.5 °C) using ventilation by fanning (1.7 m s−1),...article 2022
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Figueiredo, D.M. (author), Vermeulen, R.C.H. (author), Jacobs, C. (author), Holterman, H.J. (author), van de Zande, J.C. (author), van den Berg, F. (author), Gooijer, Y.M. (author), Lageschaar, L. (author), Buijtenhuijs, D. (author), Krop, E. (author), Huss, A. (author), Duyzer, J.H. (author)Background Pesticides can be transported from the site of application to homes via different routes and lead to exposure of residents, raising concerns regarding health effects. We built a deterministic model framework (OBOmod) to assess exposure of residents living near fields where pesticides are applied. Methods OBOmod connects five...article 2022
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Delre, A. (author), Hensen, A. (author), Velzeboer, I. (author), Bulk, P.V.D. (author), Edjabou, M.E. (author), Scheutz, C. (author)Site-specific methane (CH4) and ethane (C2H6) emission rates from the onshore oil and gas (O&G) sector in Romania were quantified, using the mobile tracer gas dispersion method. As part of the coordinated Romanian Methane Emission from Oil & Gas measurement campaign, this study supported the investigation of CH4 emissions from the O&G sector...article 2022
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Thunis, P. (author), Clappier, A. (author), Pisoni, E. (author), Bessagnet, B. (author), Kuenen, J. (author), Guevara, M. (author), Lopez-Aparicio, S. (author)Some studies show that significant uncertainties affect emission inventories, which may impeach conclusions based on air-quality model results. These uncertainties re sult from the need to compile a wide variety of information to estimate an emission inventory. In this work, we propose and discuss a screening method to compare two emission...article 2022
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Timmermans, R.M.A. (author), Segers, A.J. (author), Dammers, E. (author), Jorba, O. (author), Bowdalo, D. (author), Fagerli, H. (author), Valdebenito, A. (author), Colette, A. (author), Descombes, G. (author), Kouznetsov, R. (author), Uppstu, A. (author), Schaap. M., (author)Within Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) an ensemble of 9 chemistry transport models provides daily analyses and forecasts, as well as annual reanalyses over Europe. The CAMS_61 project was developed to provide development plans, guidelines and tools for the upgrade of the models within this regional air quality service. In this...conference paper 2022
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Xu, M. (author), Jin, J. (author), Wang, G. (author), Segers, A. (author), Deng, T. (author), Lin, H.X. (author)Air quality warning and forecasting systems are usually based on numerical chemical transport models (CTMs). Those dynamic models perform predictions by simulating the life cycles of the atmospheric components, including emission, transport and removal. However, the accuracy of these CTMs are still limited because of many imperfections, e.g.,...article 2021