Effect of bake-out on reducing VOC emissions and concentrations in a residential housing unit with a radiant floor heating system

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1816-1825

  Kang, Dong Hwa ^a   Choi, Dong Hee ^a   Lee, Seung Min ^b   Yeo, Myoung Souk ^a   Kim, Kwang Woo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung C and T Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bake out; Building material; Radiant floor heating; Residential housing unit; VOCs

Indexed keywords

BAKE-OUT; BAKE-OUT PROCEDURES; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; HEATING SYSTEM; HOUSING UNITS; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; RADIANT FLOOR HEATING; RADIANT FLOOR HEATING SYSTEM; REDUCTION RATIOS; SMALL REDUCTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; THERMAL MASS; VOC EMISSIONS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; FLOORS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; MATERIALS; PARTICLE BOARD; SOLAR HEATING; SPACE HEATING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HOUSING;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; EMISSION CONTROL; FLOOR; HEATING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 77950865706     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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