Study on the Characteristics of Formaldehyde Pollution in Typical Teaching Machine Room

Abstract

This study focused on measuring the pollution characteristics, the monthly and seasonal variation rule of formaldehyde in the teaching machine room of Guangxi Normal University from March 2016 to February 2018, and the correlation between formaldehyde concentration and temperature or humidity were also analyzed. The results indicated that seasonal and monthly variation rule of formaldehyde changed with temperature and humidity in the teaching machine room. The concentration of formaldehyde was higher in summer and autumn, while was lower in winter and spring. Further analysis indicated that there was a strongly positive correlation (R2>0.87, R2>0.85, R2>0.81, p<0.01) between formaldehyde concentration and temperature, relative humidity or absolute humidity. It concluded that the formaldehyde concentration increased with the increase in the temperature and humidity. The maximum concentrations of formaldehyde in sitting breathing area and standing breathing area were 0.442mg/m3, 0.445mg/m3 and 0.184mg/m3, 0.213mg/m3 in July 2016, 2017, respectively. After eleven years, the formaldehyde in the teaching machine room was still seriously exceeded the standard (0.1mol/L), and decreased the temperature or humidity could effective alleviate the level of indoor formaldehyde concentration.