Table 1 Boundary conditions used in the numerical simulation.

From: Indoor air formaldehyde (HCHO) pollution of urban coach cabins

Boundary types

Conditional parameters

Air supply opening

Velocity: 3, 4 and 5 m/s, Temperature: 18 °C

Airflow rate: 0.09, 0.12 and 0.16 m3/s

Air exhaust opening

Floor board

No-slip, Free outflow, Flow rate weighting: 1

No-slip, adiabatic

Other walls

No-slip, adiabatic, Temperature: 27 °C

Pollution emission source (seat)

Mass-Flow Inlet, HCHO diffusion coefficient: 2.88 × 10−5

HCHO emission rate: 7.4 × 10−11kg/s34