Desiccant wheels as gas-phase absorption (GPA) air cleaners: Evaluation by PTR-MS and sensory assessment

Indoor Air

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 375-385

  Fang, L ^a   Zhang, G ^b   Wisthaler, A ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Air purification; Desiccant wheel; Indoor air quality; Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry (PTR MS); Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; DRIERS (MATERIALS); HUMIDITY CONTROL; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTON TRANSFER; SILICA GEL; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WHEELS;

CHEMICAL REMOVALS; CLIMATE CHAMBERS; DESICCANT WHEELS; GAS-PHASES; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; PHASE ABSORPTION; PROTON-TRANSFER REACTION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; PROTON-TRANSFER-REACTION - MASS SPECTROMETRY; SORPTION EFFECTS; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

AIR CLEANERS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ABSORPTION; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ABSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 51849137760     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2008.00538.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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