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IAQ & Ventilation Software
| Program | Description | Latest Version |
Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTAM and Related Multizone Analysis Tools | |||
| CONTAM | Whole-building, multizone airflow and contaminant transport analysis | 3.4.0.1 | Jan 8, 2021 |
| CFDO Editor | Define CFD domain and visualize results of combined multizone/CFD and stand-alone CFD analysis problems using zero-order turbulence model | 3.4.0.0 | July 2020 |
| Contam 3D Exporter | Create coupled IAQ, airflow, and heat transfer simulation projects between CONTAM and both TRNSYS and EnergyPlus | 3.4.0.2 | Feb 25, 2022 |
| Type 98 | TRNSYS Type for coupled simulations between CONTAM and the Type 56 multizone building energy analysis module | 3.4.0.0 | July 2020 |
| Contam Weather File Creator | Convert EnergyPlus weather files (EPW) files to CONTAM weather files (WTH) for stand-alone, transient CONTAM analysis (Web-based application and downloadable command-line program for Windows) | 2.0 | Oct 15, 2021 |
| CONTAM Parametric Analysis Utilities | Use ContamFactorial to generate parametric analysis files from a base CONTAM PRJ file and a set of factors and associated values defined in a user-defined input file. Multiple Python modules are also provided to run CONTAM simulations concurrently via a multiprocessing pool including co-simulation analysis via EnergyPlus and CONTAM. | March 6, 2023 | |
| WPC Translator | Convert external wind pressures calculated using the CFD0 Editor to CONTAM wind pressure coefficient profile libraries that can be incorporated into CONTAM projects | 1.0 | Dec 13, 2010 |
| ContamLink | Manage material emission databases and export records to CONTAM source libraries for incorporation into CONTAM projects | 3.0.1.1 | Sep 11, 2012 |
| CONTAM Particle Distribution Calculator | Develop user-defined particle size distributions for use in CONTAM projects (Web-based application) | 1.0 | Jan 31, 2013 |
| CONTAM Results Viewing and Export Tools | |||
| ContamRV | Graphically visualize CONTAM simulation results in two-dimensional plan views of CONTAM projects | 3.4.0.0 | July 2020 |
| CONTAM Results Export Tool |
Export CONTAM simulation result using graphical interface (Web-based application) |
3.4.0.0 | July 2020 |
| 1DZRead | Convert binary results of CONTAM simulations that incorporate one-dimensional convection diffusion zones, i.e., use the short-time-step solution method and non-well-mixed zone assumption along a single one-dimensional axis, to text files | 1.0 | Jan 4, 2007 |
| Natural Ventilation Analysis Tools | |||
| LoopDA | Define airflow pathways and size openings for natural ventilation airflows using a graphical elevation view of multizone buildings based on steady-state heat transfer analysis and the loop-equation design method | 3.0.1.1 | March 13, 2012 |
| Climate Suitability Tool | Evaluate weather data, e.g., EnergyPlus weather files (EPW), for natural ventilation potential (Web-based application) | 1.0 | Nov 28, 2012 |
| CPSC Particle Modeling Tools | |||
| Particle Model - Single zone, Single size | CPSC airborne nanoparticle exposure tool provides a browser-based front end to a single zone, single particle size CONTAM representation that includes deposition and re-suspension (Web-based application) | May 15, 2018 | |
| Particle Model - Single zone, Size-resolved | CPSC size-resolved airborne particle model that includes a coagulation kernel, size-based deposition model, and ventilation in a single zone (Web-based application) | 0.4 | May 15, 2018 |
| Indoor Aerosol Analysis Tools | |||
| VHP Mask Disinfection Tool |
Evaluate vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) disinfection of N95 masks in small rooms (Spreadsheet) |
April 16, 2020 | |
| FaTIMA |
Model the Fate and Transport of Indoor Microbiological Aerosols (FaTIMA) using this browser-based front end to a single-zone CONTAM model (Web-based application) |
1.0 | May 12, 2020 |
| ViPER | Virus Particle Exposure in Residences (ViPER) is a tool to compare scenarios related to particle exposure associated with a contagious visitor in the home (Web-based application) | 1.0 | Nov 22, 2021 |
| Other Tools | |||
| QICO2 | NIST Quick Indoor CO2 Tool | Apr 8, 2022 | |
Contacts
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(301) 975-6459
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(301) 975-5860
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(301) 975-6445
Created March 7, 2018, Updated March 8, 2023