A physically-based model for prediction of VOCs emissions from paint applied to an absorptive substrate

Building and Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1317-1325

  Li, Feng ^a   Niu, Jianlei ^a   Zhang, Lizhi ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Building material; Emission; Field and laboratory emission cell (FLEC); Indoor air quality; Mass transfer; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMULSIONS; MASS TRANSFER; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ETHYL METHYLBENZENE; FIELD AND LABORATORY EMISSION CELL (FLEC); WATER-BASED EMULSION PAINT;

PAINT;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMULSIONS; MASS TRANSFER; PAINT; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR QUALITY; EMISSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 33646816056     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.05.026     Document Type: Article

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