Simulation of VOC emissions from building materials by using the state-space method

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 471-478

  Yan, Wei ^a   Zhang, Yinping ^a   Wang, Xinke ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Building material; Indoor air quality (IAQ); Mass transfer; The state space method; Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; FLOW OF GASES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MASS TRANSFER; MODEL STRUCTURES; NUMBER THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLUTIONS; STATE SPACE METHODS;

ANALYTICAL METHODS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; ARBITRARY LAYERS; AUTOMATION CONTROLS; CALCULATION ERRORS; EMISSION RATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; FINDING ROOTS; FINITE DIFFERENCES; INDOOR AIR QUALITIES; INDOOR AIR QUALITY (IAQ); INFINITE SERIES; POWERFUL TOOLS; SALIENT FEATURES; SIMULATION SOFTWARES; THE STATE-SPACE METHOD; TRANSCENDENTAL FUNCTIONS; TRANSFER MODELS; VOC EMISSIONS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 56349116223     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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