期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 905, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167158
关键词
VOC; TVOC; Biobased materials; Indoor air quality; Health effects emission rates
Biobased insulation materials offer opportunities for vapor-open building constructions, but their interaction with the indoor environment raises concerns about indoor air quality and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This study quantifies the VOC emissions from biobased materials and finds that temperature affects the type of compounds emitted. The results indicate that expanded cork and particle board emit no harmful substances, while EPS insulation exceeds healthy limits for benzene. The quantification method also affects the accuracy of emission rate estimation.
Biobased insulation materials offer opportunities to use vapor-open building constructions. Such constructions allow direct interaction between the biobased material and the indoor environment. This interaction raises questions about indoor air quality concerning volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This study presents results for the VOC emissions from biobased materials. It consists of two parts: 1) qualification of VOC emissions (compounds) from several biobased and non-biobased building materials, and 2) quantification of VOC emissions (emission rate) from expanded cork (biobased), particle board (semi-biobased), and EPS insulation. By quantifying the emission rate, the exposure to the released VOC emissions at room temperature in a standardized room can be compared to health limit requirements. Gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) is used to derive the individual VOC emissions and the Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOC) from these materials. For qualification, two different sampling techniques are used in which temperature is introduced as a variable to investigate its effect on the type of compounds emitted. For quantification, the toluene equivalent approach is compared to the group equivalent approach. From the analyses it is concluded that temperature has an effect on the type of VOC compounds emitted from (biobased) materials. Results from the quantification indicate that expanded cork and particle board emit no harmful substances at a level that can affect human health. For EPS insulation, elevated levels of benzene were found to exceed healthy limits. The toluene equivalent approach for quantifying the emission, generally, underestimates the rate as compared to the more accurate group equivalent approach.
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