How to select adsorption material for removing gas phase indoor air pollutants: A new parameter and approach

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-38

  Xu, Qiujian ^a   Zhang, Yinping ^a   Mo, Jinhan ^a   Li, Xinxiao ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorbent; Air cleaning; Exposure; Formaldehyde; Indoor air quality

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENT;

ADSORPTION; AIR FILTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; FILTER DESIGN; FIXED BED REACTOR; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GAS PHASE EXTRACTION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84873975382     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X12470301     Document Type: Article

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