Journal
INDOOR AIR
Volume 32, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-HINDAWI
DOI: 10.1111/ina.13173
Keywords
air purifier; indoor air quality; mass balance modeling; PM2 5; range hood; ventilation
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- Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials [NK237A]
- Ministry of Environment, South Korea
- Ministry of Health and Welfare, South Korea [NRF- 2017M3D8A1091919]
- Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST), Republic of Korea [NK237A] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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This study predicts and experiments on the control of PM2.5 during cooking in apartments, and predicts indoor PM2.5 concentrations under different IAQ management methods. By comparing experimental results, an effective PM2.5 control scheme is proposed.
Indoor PM2.5 in apartments must be effectively managed to minimize adverse impacts on human health. Cooking is the one of the main PM2.5 sources in apartments, and indoor air quality (IAQ) management methods (natural ventilation, mechanical ventilations, range hoods, and air purifiers) are typically used to reduce PM2.5 generated during cooking. For effective control of indoor PM2.5, prediction of PM2.5 reduction for various IAQ management methods is necessary. This study carefully predicted indoor PM2.5 concentrations in an apartment when IAQ management methods were applied separately and/or in combination during cooking. The infiltration and exfiltration were verified by comparing the experimental results of CO2 concentration with those predicted with or without mechanical ventilation. The deposition rate for PM2.5 generated by cooking was also derived by comparing the experimental PM2.5 changes with the predicted values for PM2.5 natural decay. Through this method, effective PM2.5 control ways during cooking in apartments can be proposed, such as natural ventilation with a range hood for 30 min and then the operation of an air purifier for 30 min. Additionally, if this prediction is combined with energy consumption, it will be possible to propose the most energy-efficient indoor PM2.5 control methods for various seasons and outdoor conditions.
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