Development of simple measurement method for chemical emission rates

K. Kubota*, Y. Ishikawa, A. Hasegawa, S. Tanabe

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Abstract

A chamber method using ADPAC (ADvanced Pollution and Air quality Chamber) has been established by Japanese Industrial Standards Committee for measuring emission rates of VOCs from building products. The active methods such as ADPAC or FLEC have been applied for precise measurement. However, these methods occasionally cause problems such as noise of pump, heavyweight of equipment, and so on. To solve these problems, a new passive method using ADSEC (Advanced Diffusive Sampling Emission Cell) was developed to measure emission rate using a diffusive sampler. In this study, VOCs emission rate were investigated using ADSEC and ADPAC (20L) to examine the accuracy of passive method. It was confirmed that active and passive methods have similar decrease tendency under all conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHB 2006 - Healthy Buildings
Subtitle of host publicationCreating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings
Pages49-54
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 2006
EventHealthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, HB 2006 - Lisboa, Portugal
Duration: 2006 Jun 42006 Jun 8

Publication series

NameHB 2006 - Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings
Volume4

Conference

ConferenceHealthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, HB 2006
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityLisboa
Period06/6/406/6/8

Keywords

  • ADSEC
  • Emission rate
  • Passive method
  • Recovery
  • VOCs

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Building and Construction
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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