Inexpensive perfluorocarbon tracer technique for wide-scale infiltration measurements in homes

Conference · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6092403

Dietz, R N; Cote, E A; Senum, G I; Wieser, R F

A perfluorocarbon tracer technique to determine infiltration rates in homes is described. A tracer kit, coined the Brookhaven National Laboratory Air Infiltration Measurement System, which can be deployed by the average homeowner, is briefly described. The tracer source is a fluoroelastomer plug impregnated with a known mass of perfluorocarbon tracers (PFT) and crimped within a metal shell. The PFT diffuses from the end of the plug. Two samplers briefly described are: the capillary adsorption tube sampler (CATS) and the programmable Brookhaven Atmospheric Tracer Sampler (BATS). Deployment of one of the diffusion sources in a home and use of a BATS unit to measure the increase in the tracer concentration perfluorodimethylcyclohexane (PDCH) are discussed. Results of the tests are presented. (MCW)

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6092403
• Report Number(s): BNL-30032; CONF-811048-1; ON: DE82000142
• Resource Relation: Conference: International symposium on indoor air pollution, health and energy conservation, Amherst, MA, USA, 13 Oct 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
AIR INFILTRATION
MEASURING METHODS
HOUSES
ELASTOMERS
HEAT LOSSES
ORGANIC FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
SAMPLING
TRACER TECHNIQUES
BUILDINGS
ENERGY LOSSES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
LOSSES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
POLYMERS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
320101* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Residential Buildings- (-1987)