Influence of air flow rate on emission of DEHP from vinyl flooring in the emission cell FLEC: Measurements and CFD simulation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2760-2766

  Clausen, Per Axel ^a   Liu, Zhe ^b   Xu, Ying ^c   Kofoed Sørensen, Vivi ^a   Little, John C ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Chamber; DEHP; Emission; FLEC; PVC

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIR EXCHANGE RATES; AIR EXCHANGES; AIR FLOW; AIR FLOW-RATE; AIR SAMPLES; CFD SIMULATIONS; DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; EMISSION RATES; FLOWTHROUGH; GAS-PHASE CONCENTRATION; INTERIOR SURFACES; INTERNAL SURFACES; LOW FLOW; STEADY STATE; STEADY-STATE CONCENTRATIONS; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; SURFACE CONCENTRATION; T-TESTS;

AIR; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTERS; FLOORS; METHANOL; PLASTICIZERS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

METHANOL; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER;

AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUX CHAMBER; PHTHALATE; POLYMER;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD AND LABORATORY EMISSION CELL; FLOW RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 77953812121     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.04.020     Document Type: Article

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