Controlling sources of indoor air pollution through pollution prevention. Report for January 1994--May 1998
Conference
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OSTI ID:350428
The paper is an overview of EPA research into controlling sources of indoor air pollution through pollution prevention (P2). The research focused on four approaches for P2: (1) developing methods and tools that can be used by others to evaluate emissions from equipment or products; (2) developing generic P2 solutions to IAQ problems; (3) identifying high-emitting raw materials or components of products; and (4) evaluating claimed low-emitting materials. Test method guidelines for measuring emissions from office equipment were developed and then evaluated by testing four dry-process copiers in one chamber and conducting a four-laboratory evaluation using one of the copiers. For aerosol consumer products, measurement methods and models were developed that can be used to better understand aerosol behavior so that more efficacious and less toxic products can be developed. As a generic solution for improved IAQ through P2, an innovative spray nozzle for use with precharged aerosol containers was developed and evaluated. The new design allows for the reformulation of selected aerosol consumer products using water and air in place of volatile organic compound solvents and hydrocarbon propellants, respectively.
- Research Organization:
- Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States); Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta, GA (United States); Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States); Environmental Protection Agency, Air Pollution Prevention and Control Div., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States); Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 350428
- Report Number(s):
- PB--99-129801/XAB; CONF-9810136--; CNN: Grant EPA-R-822025; Grant EPA-R-822002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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