Recirculation

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Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Smoke & Indoor Air

Working definition

Reuse of indoor air through an HVAC or filtration system rather than replacing it entirely with outdoor air.

In plain language

Reuse of indoor air through an HVAC or filtration system rather than replacing it entirely with outdoor air.

Why it matters

Recirculation is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.

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Tecnobosque explanation reviewed 12 September 2026. Source definitions are authoritative within their stated jurisdiction; the explanatory text above is an independent technical synthesis.