Macro-meso two-scale model for predicting the VOC diffusion coefficients and emission characteristics of porous building materials

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5278-5290

  Xiong, Jianyin ^a   Zhang, Yinping ^a   Wang, Xinke ^a   Chang, Dongwu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion coefficient; Indoor air quality (IAQ); Mass transfer; Porous media; Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; MACROS; MASS TRANSFER; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PIGMENTS; PLASMA WAVES; PORE SIZE; PORE STRUCTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BEIJING , CHINA; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS (D); DIFFUSIVITIES; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; INDOOR AIR; MASS TRANSFER MODELING; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY (MIP); MERCURY(III); MESO PORES; PORE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION (PSD); POROSIMETRY; REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME (REV); TWO SCALE MODEL; VOC EMISSIONS;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

MERCURY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MASS TRANSFER; MODEL VALIDATION; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FIELD EMISSION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 45449102442     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.02.062     Document Type: Article

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