Journal
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
Volume 99, Issue -, Pages 239-251Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.12.016
Keywords
CLIMPAQ; FLEC; Sorption; Building materials; Indoor air quality; Model
Funding
- French Environment and Energy Management Agency ADEME (Agence De l'Environnment et de la Maitrise de l'Energie)
- MERMAID project under PRIMEQUAL program
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A new method was developed to measure on the field VOC sorption coefficients (k(a); k(d)) on the surface of a material by coupling a Field and Laboratory Emission Cell (FLEC) to a Proton Transfer Reaction-Mass Spectrometer (PTR-MS) as presented in the first part of this study. In this second part, the method is compared to the classical method based on a CLIMPAQ chamber coupled to an on-line GC analyzer. Different models were used to determine the sorption parameters from experimental data taking into account the sink effect on empty chamber walls and the presence of a boundary-layer. Determined sorption equilibrium coefficients K-e (k(a)/k(d)) for a mixture of BTEX on a gypsum board was found to be in good agreement between both methods. However, the CLIMPAQmethod seems to be less robust than the FLEC method in the determination of sorption coefficients since more than one couple of (k(a); k(d)), showing the same ratio K-e can retrieve the same CLIMPAQ experimental data. Giving this result, the question arises about the reliability of the literature data determined using emission test chamber which could be one of the reasons behind the discrepancies found between experimental indoor concentrations and predicted ones using chamber derived parameters. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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