
| Title | Sorption of organic gases in residential bedrooms and bathrooms |
| Publication Type | Conference Proceedings |
| Year of Publication | 2005 |
| Authors | Singer, Brett C., Alfred T. Hodgson, Toshifumi Hotchi, K. Y. Ming, Richard G. Sextro, Emily E. Wood, and Nancy J. Brown |
| Secondary Title | 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate - Indoor Air 2005 |
| Volume | 2(9) |
| Section | Chapter |
| Pagination | 2314-2319 |
| Publisher | Tsinghua University Press |
| Place Published | Beijing, China |
| Publication Language | eng |
| Abstract | Experiments were conducted to characterize organic gas sorption in residential bedrooms (n=4), bathrooms (n=2), and a furnished test chamber. Rooms were studied "as-is" with material surfaces and furnishings unaltered. Surface materials were characterized and areas quantified. Experiments included rapid volatilization of a volatile organic compound (VOC) mixture with the room closed and sealed for a 5-h Adsorb phase, followed by 30-min Flush and 2-h closed-room Desorb phases. The mixture included n-alkanes, aromatics, glycol ethers, 2-ethyl-1-hexanol, dichlorobenzene, and organophosphorus compounds. Measured gas-phase concentrations were fit to three variations of a mathematical model that considers sorption occurring at one surface sink and one potential embedded sink. The 2-parameter sink model tracked measurements for most compounds, but improved fits were obtained for some VOCs with a 3-parameter sink-diffusion or a 4-parameter two-sink model. Sorptive partitioning and initial adsorption rates increased with decreasing vapour pressure within each chemical class. |
| Custom 1 | 3, 4 |
| Citation Key | 11301 |