Emission behavior of formaldehyde and TVOC from engineered flooring in under heating and air circulation systems

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1826-1833

  An, Jae Yoon ^a   Kim, Sumin ^b   Kim, Hyun Joong ^a   Seo, Janghoo ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^c Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air circulation system; Engineered flooring; Floor heating system; Formaldehyde; VOCs

Indexed keywords

AIR CIRCULATION; EMISSION BEHAVIOR; EMISSION TRENDS; ENGINEERED FLOORING; FLOOR HEATING SYSTEMS; FORMALDEHYDE EMISSION; STRONG CORRELATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

AIR; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; BUILDING MATERIALS; ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; STYRENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

FLOORS;

BENZENE; FLOOR; FORMALDEHYDE; HEATING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

EID: 77950861449     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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