Determination of building materials' transport properties for modeling VOC emissions

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 111 PART 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 88-100

  Yang, Miao ^a,b   Zhang, J S ^a,b   Li, H ^a,b   Dang, T Q ^b   Gao, X F ^b  

^a ASHRAE ^*  (United States)

^b Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; VOC EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VAPOR PRESSURE;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 27644502787     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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