HI-02-09-3 -- An Enhanced Multizone Model and Its Application to Optimum Placement of CBW Sensors PDF

Enhancements have been made to the multizone flow model CONTAM to incorporate estimates of the distribution of contaminants within a given zone (i.e., room) to account for diffusion between zones and to allow for settling of simulated particulate contaminants. With these modifications, simulations have been performed of the release of chemical and biological warfare (CBW) agents in a building, which, in turn, allow for the determination of the optimal location of sensors to detect these releases. Multiple realizations of possible CBWbased terrorist attacks in this synthetic facility have been generated for the optimization of the placement of sensors installed for the earliest possible alert-time, using a genetic algorithm approach.

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