Barriers and opportunities for passive removal of indoor ozone

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3338-3341

  Gall, Elliott T ^a   Corsi, Richard L ^a   Siegel, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Indoor air quality; Low energy air cleaning; Passive pollutant removal

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON CLOTH; AIR EXCHANGE RATES; AIR SPEED; BY-PRODUCT FORMATION; DEPOSITION VELOCITIES; ENERGY INPUTS; GYPSUM WALLBOARDS; HOUSTON , TEXAS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR-TO-OUTDOOR; LARGE SURFACE AREA; LOW ENERGIES; MEDIAN VALUE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OZONE REMOVAL; PASSIVE POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AIR FILTERS; AIR QUALITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GYPSUM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; POLLUTION; STORM SEWERS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CALCIUM SULFATE; OZONE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; INDOOR AIR; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; OZONE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; URBAN HOUSING;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955573817     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.03.032     Document Type: Article

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