VOC Emission from Building Materials in Residential Buildings with Radiant Floor Heating Systems

Kim, Sun Sook; Kang, Dong Hwa; Choi, Dong Hee; Yeo, Myoung Souk; Kim, Kwang Woo

doi:10.4209/aaqr.2011.11.0222

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“…The anthropogenic emission of VOCs in China was 20.1 Tg in 2005, and the industrial and domestic solvent use was the largest emission source accounting for 28.6% of the total VOCs (Wei et al, 2009(Wei et al, , 2011. These VOCs from solvent use result in heavy indoor air pollution (Celebi and Vardar, 2008;Dales et al, 2008;Kim et al, 2012), and especially, 18-40% of them are hazardous and harmful to human health (Wei et al, 2008(Wei et al, , 2009. Additionally, most VOC species emitted from solvent use are very chemically reactive, and hence play an important role in the formation of tropospheric ozone and fine particles (Derwent et al, 2007;Wang et al, 2007).…”

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Source Profiles and Chemical Reactivity of Volatile Organic Compounds from Solvent Use in Shanghai, China

Wang

Qiao

Chen

et al. 2014

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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Chamber experiments, exhaust collection, and in-situ sampling were employed to study the emission profiles of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from solvent use, specifically indoor paint, auto paint, furniture paint, and print ink, which are of significant importance with regard to VOC emissions in Shanghai. The results showed that there were some differences among these VOC source profiles of the emissions associated with different solvents. On the one hand, for emissions from imported indoor solvents, ~50% of the total mass concentration was contributed by aromatics, and ~30% by alkanes. On the other hand, VOC source profiles from domestic indoor paint, furniture paint, and auto paint were similar in the sense that aromatics made a much larger contribution to total VOCs, specifically, 98% for domestic indoor paint, 80%-93% for the other two, and C8-C9 aromatics accounted for ~70% of total VOCs. For VOCs from printing, C2-C5 species dominated by more than 50%, followed by C8-C9 aromatics. VOCs from the use of different solvents presented different chemical reactivities. Among the four solvents listed above, the average OH loss rate constant (k-avg) and maximum incremental reactivity (MIR-avg) of VOCs from printing were the lowest, with values of 8.2 × 10 -12 cm 3 /molecule/s and 2.9 g(O 3 )/g(VOC), respectively. For VOCs from painting, the average reactivity was twice that of VOCs from printing, and its value of MIR-avg was 4.7-6.3 g(O 3 )/g(VOC). There are significant variations in the VOC source profiles related to solvent use in different studies. The representativeness of the solvents studied and the VOC samples collected should thus be more closely examined. The accuracy of VOC source profiles related to solvent use is highly dependent on location and sampling frequency.

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Source Profiles and Chemical Reactivity of Volatile Organic Compounds from Solvent Use in Shanghai, China

Wang

Qiao

Chen

et al. 2014

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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“…The emission rates of harmful substances from the construction products, household products, furniture, and other indoor sources are influenced by environmental conditions, such as air temperature, surface temperatures, relative humidity of indoor air, air change rate and surface air velocity (ECA 1989;Haghighat et al 1998;Sakai et al 2004;Järnström et al 2006;Blondel and Plaisance 2011;Clausen et al 2012;Kim et al 2012;Xu et al 2009;Nimmermark and Gustafsson 2005). The impact of environmental parameters on the emission behaviours of various compounds was studied in laboratory conditions inside a test chamber or in real built environments.…”

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Interactions Among Health Risk Factors and Decision-Making Process in the Design of Built Environments

Dovjak

Kukec

2019

Creating Healthy and Sustainable Buildings

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The identification of interactions among parameters of health risk factors is a crucial step for the effective assessment and prevention of problems in unhealthy built environments. This chapter introduces the health risk management process in the context of the designs of healthy built environments (Sect. 4.1). In Sects. 4.2-4.3, comprehensive descriptions of all detected interactions among health risks and their parameters that have harmful impacts on user health and wellbeing are defined. Section 4.2 provides a detailed analysis of single group interactions between:

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“…The major cause of SBS is suspected to be volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by building materials (Mori and Todaka 2011;Heinrich 2011;Herberth et al 2009;Azuma et al 2016;Brinke et al 1998;Hodgson 2002;Molhave 2003;Schneider et al 2003;Kim et al 2012;Alevantis 1996;Zhang and Ying 2003;Fang et al 1999;Deng and Kim 2004). Technological advances in recent years have led to an increase in highly airtight and highly insulated homes and have significantly reduced home energy consumption for heating and cooling.…”

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Emission rates of substances from low-volatile-organic-compound paints

Suzuki

Nakaoka

Hanazato

et al. 2018

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Globally, sick building syndrome remains a considerable social issue. It is primarily caused by the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from construction materials. Among these, paints and sealers are used over wide swaths of are a and their use causes chemical substances to be released in a room. To prevent sick building syndrome, it is necessary to clarify the cause of air quality changes due to the different types of paints and sealers available. Recently, low-VOC paints (containing 0.3-1.0% VOCs) have been used widely; however, the effects of reducing VOC levels have not yet been fully quantified. This study aims to clarify the chemical compositions by conducting an emission rate test of these low-VOC paints and sealers. We prepared six specimens and used them for chamber testing. Three types of paint with and without a sealer were tested. The minimum and maximum total volatile organic compound (TVOC) concentration was 96 and 4750 μgm −2 h −1 , respectively. Differences in the VOC content of the paints and sealers could be confirmed. The main TVOC was Texanol ™ and glycerol ethers. The results demonstrate that using paints containing less than 0.3% VOCs can decrease the VOC emission rate considerably compared to paints classified as less than 1% VOCs. Moreover, because different kinds of sealers affected the results, it is possible to decrease VOC emission rate using a variety of sealers.

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VOC Emission from Building Materials in Residential Buildings with Radiant Floor Heating Systems

Cited by 14 publications

References 15 publications

Source Profiles and Chemical Reactivity of Volatile Organic Compounds from Solvent Use in Shanghai, China

Source Profiles and Chemical Reactivity of Volatile Organic Compounds from Solvent Use in Shanghai, China

Interactions Among Health Risk Factors and Decision-Making Process in the Design of Built Environments

Emission rates of substances from low-volatile-organic-compound paints

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