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http://dx.doi.org/10.5338/KJEA.2018.37.4.41

Particulate Matter and CO2 Improvement Effects by Vegetation-based Bio-filters and the Indoor Comfort Index Analysis  

Kim, Tae-Han (Department of Environment and Landscaping, College of Industry, Sangmyung University)
Choi, Boo-Hun (Department of Environment and Landscaping, Graduate School, Sangmyung University)
Choi, Na-Hyun (Department of Environment and Landscaping, Graduate School, Sangmyung University)
Jang, Eun-Suk (Climate Change & Agroecology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture / v.37, no.4, 2018 , pp. 268-276 More about this Journal
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In the month of January 2018, fine dust alerts and warnings were issued 36 times for $PM_{10}$ and 81 times for PM2.5. Air quality is becoming a serious issue nation-wide. Although interest in air-purifying plants is growing due to the controversy over the risk of chemical substances of regular air-purifying solutions, industrial spread of the plants has been limited due to their efficiency in air-conditioning perspective. METHODS AND RESULTS: This study aims to propose a vegetation-based bio-filter system that can assure total indoor air volume for the efficient application of air-purifying plants. In order to evaluate the quantitative performance of the system, time-series analysis was conducted on air-conditioning performance, indoor air quality, and comfort index improvement effects in a lecture room-style laboratory with 16 persons present in the room. The system provided 4.24 ACH ventilation rate and reduced indoor temperature by $1.6^{\circ}C$ and black bulb temperature by $1.0^{\circ}C$. Relative humidity increased by 24.4% and deteriorated comfort index. However, this seemed to be offset by turbulent flow created from the operation of air blowers. While $PM_{10}$ was reduced by 39.5% to $22.11{\mu}g/m^3$, $CO_2$ increased up to 1,329ppm. It is interpreted that released $CO_2$ could not be processed because light compensation point was not reached. As for the indoor comfort index, PMV was reduced by 83.6 % and PPD was reduced by 47.0% on average, indicating that indoor space in a comfort range could be created by operating vegetation-based bio-filters. CONCLUSION: The study confirmed that the vegetation-based bio-filter system is effective in lowering indoor temperature and $PM_{10}$ and has positive effects on creating comfortable indoor space in terms of PMV and PPD.
Keywords
AHU (air handling unit); IAQ (indoor air quality); Phytoremediation; PMV (predicted mean vote index); PPD (predicted percentage of dissatisfied);
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