• Title/Summary/Keyword: Indoor air duality

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Estimation of Source Emission Rate on Volatile Organic Compounds and Formaldehyde Using Indoor Air Quality Modeling in New Apartment (실내공기질 모델을 이용한 신축공동주택의 VOCs 및 HCHO 배출량 추정)

  • Sim, Sang-Hyo;Kim, Yoon-Shin;Yang, Won-Ho
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.15 no.10
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    • pp.929-933
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    • 2006
  • Indoor air quality is the dominant contributor to total personal exposure because most people spend a majority of their time Indoors. Especially when indoor environments have sources of contaminants, exposure to in-door air can potentially pose a greater threat than exposure to ambient air. In this study, estimations of volatile organic compounds and formaldehyde omission rate in indoor environments of new apartments were carried out using mass balance model in indoor environment, because indoor air quality can be affected by source generation, outdoor air level, ventilation, decay by reaction, temperature, humidity, mixing condition and so on. Considering the estimated emission rate of volatile organic compounds and formaldehyde, it Is suggested that new apartment should be designed and constructed in the aspect of using construction materials to emit low hazardous air pollutants.