Strategies for Improving Air Quality and Thermal Comfort in Urban Residential Kitchens

DOI

10.2991/978-94-6463-780-9_49How to use a DOI?

Keywords

air pollution; thermal comfort; centralized flue exhaust system; kitchen makeup air; air curtains

Abstract

With the pursuit of better kitchen environments, the problems of air pollution and thermal discomfort in residential kitchens are receiving more and more attention. In order to create healthy and comfortable residential kitchens, in this article, the current status of air quality and thermal environment improvement measures and technologies for residential kitchens are summarized and reviewed from three aspects, namely, improvement and optimization of centralized exhaust shafts in centralized flue exhaust systems, conventional makeup air measures, and cooking zone airflow organization optimization. The results show that adding flow-guide devices to central exhaust shafts, intelligent IoT self-control systems for flue power can improve the problem of poor fume exhaust for users. The air curtain range hood and local supply air around stove (LSAAS) can further enhance thermal comfort by reducing the exposure of air pollutants while decreasing the vertical temperature difference in the kitchen, effectively enhancing the kitchen air quality and improving the thermal environment, and additional air conditioning air supply can further enhance the thermal comfort. It is expected that this paper provides a useful reference for practical engineering to solve the problems of air pollution and thermal discomfort in residential kitchens.

Copyright

© 2025 The Author(s)

Open Access

Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Guozhu Li
AU  - Lin Chen
AU  - Yang Guo
AU  - Zhonghui Li
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/07/03
TI  - Strategies for Improving Air Quality and Thermal Comfort in Urban Residential Kitchens
BT  - Proceedings of the 2025 International Conference on Engineering Management and Safety Engineering (EMSE 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 543
EP  - 548
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-780-9_49
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-780-9_49
ID  - Li2025
ER  -