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Study on characteristics of double surface VOC emissions from dry flat-plate building materials

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This paper sets up an analytic model of double surface emission of volatile organic compound (VOC) from dry, flat-plate building materials. Based on it, the influence of factors including air change rate, loading factor of materials in the room, mass diffusion coefficient, partition coefficient, convective mass transfer coefficient, thickness of materials, asymmetric convective flow and initial VOC concentration distribution in the building material on emission is discussed. The conditions for simplifying double surface emission into single surface emission are also discussed. The model is helpful to assess the double surface VOC emission from flat-plate building materials used in indoor fumiture and space partition.

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  1. Department of Building Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Wang Xinke, Zhang Yinping & Zhao Rongyi

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Wang, X., Zhang, Y. & Zhao, R. Study on characteristics of double surface VOC emissions from dry flat-plate building materials. CHINESE SCI BULL 51, 2287–2293 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-006-2110-4

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