Development of a field test method to evaluate gaseous air cleaner performance in a multizone building

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 919-927

  Howard Reed, Cynthia ^a,b   Henzel, Victor ^a,b,c   Nabinger, Steven J ^a,b   Persily, Andrew K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NIST

^c NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CLEANING; DUCTS; MOBILE HOMES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BUILDING PERFORMANCE; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MASS BALANCE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY; OUTLET CONCENTRATION; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING;

AIR CLEANERS;

DECANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR CLEANER; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENT; FIELD STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTROSPECTION; LABORATORY; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 47549105176     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.58.7.919     Document Type: Article

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