A general analytical model for formaldehyde and VOC emission/sorption in single-layer building materials and its application in determining the characteristic parameters

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 288-294

  Xiong, Jianyin ^a   Liu, Cong ^b   Zhang, Yinping ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Building material; Emission; Formaldehyde; Indoor air quality; Sorption; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GENERAL ANALYTICAL MODEL; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PARAMETER MEASUREMENT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYSICAL PROCESS; REGRESSION LINES; SINGLE LAYER; SORPTION TIME; VOC EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; CHARACTERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORMALDEHYDE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRON EMISSION; SORPTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

MODELS;

ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; FORMALDEHYDE; INDOOR AIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SORPTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84155167735     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.10.063     Document Type: Article

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