Development of a novel methodology for indoor emission source identification

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3034-3045

  Han, K H ^a   Zhang, J S ^a   Knudsen, H N ^b   Wargocki, P ^c   Chen, H ^d   Varshney, P K ^a   Guo, B ^a  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Boise State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Material emission signature; PTR MS; Signal processing; Source identification; VOC

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; EMISSION SOURCES; GYPSUM BOARD; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; LEAST SQUARE; LONG-TERM PERIOD; MATERIAL MIXTURE; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; NOVEL METHODOLOGY; POLYOLEFINE; PROCESSING PRINCIPLES; PROTON-TRANSFER REACTION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; PTR-MS; RELATIVE EMISSION; SIGNAL SEPARATION; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; VOC;

ANALYTIC EQUIPMENT; BUILDING MATERIALS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; GYPSUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYOLEFINS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

CALCIUM SULFATE; POLYOLEFIN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

DATABASE; INDOOR AIR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WOOD;

EID: 79955014986     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.03.021     Document Type: Article

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