Potential of Passive Sampling and Plant Absorption to Quantify Inhalation Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds

Roi-et, Veerapas Na; Chaikasem, Supawat

doi:10.32526/ennrj/19/2020110

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“…The unit of measurement refers to the volume enclosed within the pot in cm 3 [29], although most authors report only the diameter of the pot [10,11,21,[23][24][25]30]. This is used to give an indication of the size of the plant [10,39] and (supposedly) of its root system.…”

Section: Size Of Potmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The category includes different attempts of quantifying greenery based on the leaf coverage of a plant. Aspects taken into consideration include (i) leaf "size" in terms of area or surface [11,13,18,21,22,24,25,[27][28][29][30]37], leaf length [33], and leaf volume [28]; (ii) leaf "quantity" in terms of mass [27] and volume occupied [36] (supposedly, by the leaf canopy including the air space between leaves).…”

Section: Leaf Area/ Densitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For the purpose of this classification, all definitions of plant maturity were included: (i) life stage (seed, germination, growth, flower, fruit, etc.) [9,10,22,30,31]; (ii) age (days, weeks, years from being sown/to maturity) [25,30,36]. This parameter, wherever included, can give important information as to the plant's capacity to develop, as well as to its interaction with the environment.…”

Section: Plant Maturitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Different measures describing the exchange and the movement of the air within the testing space. Mentioned aspects include: air freshness (mean age of the indoor air [17]), natural ventilation [30], air speed (air flow [11], air velocity [16,26]), turbulence (use of a chamber fan [22,27], air direction [16]), airtight conditions [27,29].…”

Section: Air Movementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Testing space in an existing real-life indoor environment, with users performing their usual daily routines. The majority of the real-environment spaces tested are office spaces [17,36,40,41,43,44] or similar (photocopy center [30], a greenhouse used as office space [31], "room" not further defined but supposedly an office setting [13,42]). Other spaces tested include a classroom [35], indoor atriums [16,34], and private homes [41].…”

Section: Real Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The introduction of green plants in indoor spaces has raised a great amount of interest motivated by plants’ supposed capacity to improve the quality of indoor built environments. Subsequent studies have covered a broad range of topics, testing plants in indoor environments for their climate-mitigating effects, acoustic benefits, potential energy savings and the enhancement of the indoor microbial communities. Despite the diversity of focus in these studies, no major breakthroughs have been made involving the use of plants in indoor environments after nearly thirty years of research. To identify major inconsistencies and gaps in the research, this review, of an explorative nature, presents an analysis of plant-related parameters reported in 31 cases of experimental research involving the use of plants in indoor environments. The papers were identified by searching the online databases Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Scopus and MDPI and were selected based on their relevance to the topic and diversity of focus. Two classifications in table form provide an overview of the 38 plant-related parameters used in the reviewed research. The conclusions drawn from the analysis of the tables highlight a strongly anthropocentric frame of reference across the majority of the studies, which prioritize human and experimental convenience above plant physiology, and display an overall scarcity and inconsistency in the plant-related parameters reported.

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