Abstract
Indoor chemical processes can be successfully modeled using a variety of techniques. At the center of much indoor chemical process modeling is the mass or concentration balance, which can be used in single- or multizonal well-mixed models to predict the transient evolution of gas- and particle-phase species. This chapter first outlines the basic framework to simulate gas-phase chemical reactions, with a focus on ozone-driven reactions and the subsequent formation of hydroxyl radicals (OH) indoors. Then, indoor particle chemical modeling is described, with a focus on predicting indoor secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation. Finally, surface-phase reaction frameworks are presented, with a focus on modeling byproducts due to oxidant deposition and understanding surface reaction processes themselves. In each section, we also highlight relevant indoor air literature articles that provide richer detail.
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This work was supported by the Chemistry of Indoor Environments program of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. MSW was supported by grant G-2017-10011. MSW and MS were supported by the Modelling Consortium for Chemistry of Indoor Environments (MOCCIE), under grant numbers G-2017-9796 and G-2019-12306.
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Waring, M.S., Shiraiwa, M. (2022). Indoor Chemistry Modeling of Gas-, Particle-, and Surface-Phase Processes. In: Zhang, Y., Hopke, P.K., Mandin, C. (eds) Handbook of Indoor Air Quality. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7680-2_36
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