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89
Citations
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World Ranking
124
National Ranking
19

Overview

Qingyan Chen is affiliated with Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China and specializes in research spanning engineering, environmental science, and medicine. Their scholarly output is predominantly focused on fields such as environmental engineering, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, building and construction, health toxicology and mutagenesis, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work centers around key topics including infection control and ventilation, building energy and comfort optimization, wind and air flow studies, air quality and health impacts, urban heat island mitigation, noise effects and management, and indoor air quality and microbial exposure.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Sumei Liu, Junjie Liu, Ruoyu You, Dayi Lai, and Nan Jiang.

Chen has published extensively in various academic venues, with the largest number of publications appearing in Building and Environment and SSRN Electronic Journal (15 publications each), followed by Indoor Air (13 publications), Energy and Buildings (12 publications), and Sustainable Cities and Society (11 publications).

Highlighted recent publications by Chen include:

  • "A comprehensive review of thermal comfort studies in urban open spaces" (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Effective ventilation and air disinfection system for reducing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection risk in office buildings" (2021, Sustainable Cities and Society)
  • "Multi-objective optimization of building design for life cycle cost and CO2 emissions: A case study of a low-energy residential building in a severe cold climate" (2021, Building Simulation)
  • "Investigation of airborne particle exposure in an office with mixing and displacement ventilation" (2022, Sustainable Cities and Society)
  • "Airborne transmission of COVID-19 virus in enclosed spaces: An overview of research methods" (2022, Indoor Air)

The body of work by Chen addresses challenges related to indoor air quality, ventilation effectiveness, and the mitigation of airborne disease transmission, as well as strategies for optimizing building design from both environmental and economic perspectives.

The range of publication venues and topics indicates a multi-disciplinary approach integrating engineering principles with environmental health considerations.

Best Publications

  • Ventilation performance prediction for buildings: A method overview and recent applications

    Qingyan Chen;Qingyan Chen

  • COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT k-ε MODELS FOR INDOOR AIR FLOW COMPUTATIONS

    Q. Chen

  • Evaluation of Various Turbulence Models in Predicting Airflow and Turbulence in Enclosed Environments by CFD: Part 2—Comparison with Experimental Data from Literature

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  • A review of mitigating strategies to improve the thermal environment and thermal comfort in urban outdoor spaces

    Dayi Lai;Wenyu Liu;Tingting Gan;Kuixing Liu

  • Flow dynamics and characterization of a cough.

    Jitendra K. Gupta;Chao-Hsin Lin;Qingyan Chen

  • Characterizing exhaled airflow from breathing and talking.

    Jitendra K. Gupta;Chao-Hsin Lin;Qingyan Chen

  • A zero-equation turbulence model for indoor airflow simulation

    Qingyan Chen;Weiran Xu

  • Comparison of the Eulerian and Lagrangian methods for predicting particle transport in enclosed spaces

    Z. Zhang;Q. Chen

  • Studies of outdoor thermal comfort in northern China

    Dayi Lai;Deheng Guo;Yuefei Hou;Chenyi Lin

  • Experimental measurements and numerical simulations of particle transport and distribution in ventilated rooms

    Z. Zhang;Q. Chen

  • Natural Ventilation in Buildings: Measurement in a Wind Tunnel and Numerical Simulation with Large Eddy Simulation

    Yi Jiang;Donald Kneale Alexander;Huw Geraint Jenkins;Rob Arthur

  • Design analysis of single-sided natural ventilation

    Camille Allocca;Qingyan Chen;Leon R Glicksman

  • Experimental and numerical investigation of airflow and contaminant transport in an airliner cabin mockup

    Zhao Zhang;Xi Chen;Sagnik Mazumdar;Tengfei Zhang

  • Impact of climate change heating and cooling energy use in buildings in the United States

    Haojie Wang;Qingyan Chen;Qingyan Chen

  • On approaches to couple energy simulation and computational fluid dynamics programs

    Zhiqiang Zhai;Qingyan Chen;Philip Haves;Joseph H. Klems

  • A comprehensive review of thermal comfort studies in urban open spaces.

    Dayi Lai;Zhiwei Lian;Weiwei Liu;Chaoran Guo

  • A procedure for verification, validation, and reporting of indoor environment CFD analyses

    Qingyan Chen;J. Srebric

  • Novel air distribution systems for commercial aircraft cabins

    Tengfei Zhang;Qingyan (Yan) Chen

  • Study of natural ventilation in buildings by large eddy simulation

    Yi Jiang;Qingyan Chen

  • Transport of expiratory droplets in an aircraft cabin

    Jitendra K. Gupta;Chao-Hsin Lin;Qingyan Chen

  • Numerical simulation of VOC emissions from dry materials

    X Yang;Q Chen;J.S Zhang;R Magee

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhiqiang (John) Zhai
Zhiqiang (John) Zhai University of Colorado Boulder
Yi Jiang
Yi Jiang Tsinghua University
Jelena Srebric
Jelena Srebric University of Maryland, College Park
Xudong Yang
Xudong Yang Tsinghua University
John D. Spengler
John D. Spengler Harvard University
Per Heiselberg
Per Heiselberg Aalborg University
Fariborz Haghighat
Fariborz Haghighat Concordia University
Philip Demokritou
Philip Demokritou Harvard University
Xiaodong Cao
Xiaodong Cao South China University of Technology

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