Evaluating sources of indoor air pollution. Report for March 1988-May 1989

Technical Report · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6877565

Tichenor, B A; Sparks, L E; White, J B; Jackson, M D

The article discusses a three-phase approach, employing environmental chambers, indoor air quality (IAQ) models, and test house experiments, that is effective in linking sources of indoor pollutants to measured concentrations. Emission factors developed in test chambers can be used to evaluate full-scale indoor environments. A PC-based IAQ model has been developed that can accurately predict indoor concentrations of specific pollutants under controlled conditions in a test house. The model is also useful in examining the effect of pollutant sinks and variations in ventilation parameters. Pollutants were examined from: para-dichlorobenzene emissions from moth crystal cakes, and particulate emissions from unvented kerosene heaters. However, the approach has not been validated for other source types.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (USA). Air and Energy Engineering Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 6877565
• Report Number(s): PB-90-245341/XAB; EPA--600/J-90/055
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AIR POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
APPLIANCES
AROMATICS
BUILDINGS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
COMBUSTION
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EXPOSURE CHAMBERS
FUELS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HEATERS
HOUSES
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
KEROSENE
LIQUID FUELS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION SOURCES
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SIMULATION
SPACE HEATERS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
VENTILATION