Analysis on Influencing Factors of Indoor Air Quality and Measures of Improvement on Modern Buildings

Wu, Rong; Kong, Dequan

doi:10.1109/icbbe.2008.492

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“…1,2 The buildings that contain air toxics coming from the paintings, carpeting, building materials, office equipments, etc., are known as the ''sick buildings.'' Sick-building syndromes are such as dizziness, dry or itchy skin, eye, nose and throat irritation, a dry cough, fatigue, headache, increased rate, or asthma attack and reduced concentration.…”

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“…Sick-building syndromes are such as dizziness, dry or itchy skin, eye, nose and throat irritation, a dry cough, fatigue, headache, increased rate, or asthma attack and reduced concentration. [2][3][4] Most of the syndromes are caused by poor air quality, which is mostly due to inadequate heating-ventilation-air-conditioning (HVAC) system in the buildings. 2,3 To prevent the sick building syndromes, improving the indoor air quality has become a crucial issue.…”

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“…[2][3][4] Most of the syndromes are caused by poor air quality, which is mostly due to inadequate heating-ventilation-air-conditioning (HVAC) system in the buildings. 2,3 To prevent the sick building syndromes, improving the indoor air quality has become a crucial issue. In the past, there have been a number of conventional methods for air purification, such as the thermal and catalytic oxidation, adsorption and condensation.…”

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In this study, simulations were conducted on a monolith reactor for the photodegradation of toluene and formaldehyde. The monoliths in the reactor were treated as porous zones and the photocatalytic oxidation occurring on the monolith surfaces was modeled using Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetics. A discrete ordinates model was used to simulate the light intensity with a novel approach, which involved an adjustable parameter-the absorption coefficient of the channel wall, for modeling the local light intensity across the porous media. The advantage of this approach was that despite its simplicity, it was able to capture and visualize the local light profile across the monolith channels and to integrate it into the reaction kinetics. Although it required a trialand-error to determine the correct value of the channel wall absorption coefficient, the proposed model achieved a reasonable agreement between the simulation results and published experimental data.

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“…According to Fotoula P. Babatsikou (2011), SBS usually occur in certain type of building that is served by automated heating, ventilation and air conditioning system [1]. Microbial contamination can cause eye incitement, asthma, allergic dermatitis, pneumonia, and even death, thus will affect poor indoor air quality [2][3] [4]. The major factor contribute to dirty duct is poor maintenance of air conditioning and ventilation system Therefore, a monitoring device were develop to perform the duct monitoring activity [14].…”

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Duct Monitoring at Building Services Laboratory Using Mechanical Robot (MerDuct)

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Mechanical robot has been widely used in environmental monitoring. The robot were apply to the air ducting in the Mechanical Ventilation and Air Conditioning System ( MVAC) to show real view inside the ducting. The aim of the mobile robot is to help reach certain places that cannot afford by human especially in the ducting. This paper highlight the third model of Mechanical Robot Ducting (MerDuct) that has been developed and analyze the result obtains by the MerDuct. Abandoned ducting was selected to gather the visual image by MerDuct using in-situ approach method. The result shows the real condition inside the ducting, and rubbish were found in the ducting. The information gathers by MerDuct start from the beginning to the end of the ducting. The visual image captured will be important for pre and post duct cleaning process. This kind of monitoring also will be the guide for maintenance activity to create safe and clean indoor air to the building occupants and building environment.

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Design of A Low-Cost Wireless Indoor Air Quality Sensor Network System

Abraham

2016

Int J Wireless Inf Networks

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Analysis on Influencing Factors of Indoor Air Quality and Measures of Improvement on Modern Buildings

Cited by 5 publications

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Simulations of photodegradation of toluene and formaldehyde in a monolith reactor using computational fluid dynamics

Simulations of photodegradation of toluene and formaldehyde in a monolith reactor using computational fluid dynamics

Duct Monitoring at Building Services Laboratory Using Mechanical Robot (MerDuct)

Design of A Low-Cost Wireless Indoor Air Quality Sensor Network System

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