Christoph Schulz

Dr. Christoph Schulz

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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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10 December 2025 in Environments
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PPPierre-Emmanuel PRETOT
Pierre-Emmanuel PRETOT
CSChristoph Schulz
Christoph Schulz
DCDavid Chalet
David Chalet
JMJerome Migaud
Jerome Migaud
MBMateusz BOGDAN
Mateusz BOGDAN
Microscopic Particulate Matter (PM) below 10 µm can enter the respiratory system and affect human health in the short and long term. Railway enclosures are sites with high concentrations of fine PM and technical solutions like mechanical filtration exist to increase the air quality. However, several crucial factors must be evaluated and optimized like energy consumption, maintenance cost/interval, design and control. A fast and adaptable evaluation of decontamination solutions is required to find the optimal solution. To answer this, a 1D multizone model based on station discretization aligned with the track direction is proposed to precisely place decontamination systems along the station. In each zone, a set of ordinary differential equations is used to forecast the daily progression of PM concentrations, based on physical parameters (air and train velocities, and train traffic) used to describe the different physical phenomena (resuspension, deposition, ventilation and generation). Three-dimensional CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulations are used to characterize the efficiency and range of decontamination products and reproduce their effect in the 1D model. This approach allows for flexible optimization of local and global decontamination efficiencies with multiple parameter changes. PM10 and PM2.5 (below 10 and 2.5 µm) are studied here as they are often monitored.