The Ability to Control VOC Emissions from Multilayer Building Materials
The work aimed to investigate which parameters of the electrically powered radiant floor heating system are connected with the intensity of VOC total emissions and emissions from individual layers, which can be effectively changed and controlled to obtain energy savings in the ventilation process. F...
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| description | The work aimed to investigate which parameters of the electrically powered radiant floor heating system are connected with the intensity of VOC total emissions and emissions from individual layers, which can be effectively changed and controlled to obtain energy savings in the ventilation process. For this purpose, experimental studies of VOC emissions from specially designed LRFHS samples (Laboratory Radiant Floor Heating System) were carried out, along with simulations of real thermal conditions of samples of layered systems containing separate heaters and various materials layers. The TD-GC-MS chromatography was used to assess the trends of VOCs concentration changes in 480 h in a test chamber (simulating real conditions) for several LRFHS systems of multilayer construction products with built-in individual heating systems, in two stabilised temperatures, 23 °C and 33 °C, two stabilised relative humidities, 50% and 80% and three air exchanges per hour ACH on levels 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5. The obtained results indicate that the models used to determine emissions from single-layer products correspond to the description of emissions from multilayer systems only to a limited extent; some inner layers of floor systems are giving diffusion resistance or intensification of diffusion. A new emission model is proposed. The time-emission concentration curves for dry and wet environments differ significantly; reducing the VOC concentration in the air for the number of exchanges above 1.0 ACH is relatively inefficient. Authors also mapped out new research directions; for example, the experiment showed that not all of the VOC contaminants are ventilated just as easily and perhaps, considering their concentration of resistant impurities, chemical structure and diffusion resistance through the layers, there is a need to determine their weights. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55ba2cc121c1401b867af0aad4b485f22023-11-21T21:06:01ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-05-011111480610.3390/app11114806The Ability to Control VOC Emissions from Multilayer Building MaterialsMichał Piasecki0Krystyna Barbara Kostyrko1Anna Goljan2Department of Thermal Physics, Acoustics and Environment, Building Research Institute, 00-611 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Thermal Physics, Acoustics and Environment, Building Research Institute, 00-611 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Thermal Physics, Acoustics and Environment, Building Research Institute, 00-611 Warsaw, PolandThe work aimed to investigate which parameters of the electrically powered radiant floor heating system are connected with the intensity of VOC total emissions and emissions from individual layers, which can be effectively changed and controlled to obtain energy savings in the ventilation process. For this purpose, experimental studies of VOC emissions from specially designed LRFHS samples (Laboratory Radiant Floor Heating System) were carried out, along with simulations of real thermal conditions of samples of layered systems containing separate heaters and various materials layers. The TD-GC-MS chromatography was used to assess the trends of VOCs concentration changes in 480 h in a test chamber (simulating real conditions) for several LRFHS systems of multilayer construction products with built-in individual heating systems, in two stabilised temperatures, 23 °C and 33 °C, two stabilised relative humidities, 50% and 80% and three air exchanges per hour ACH on levels 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5. The obtained results indicate that the models used to determine emissions from single-layer products correspond to the description of emissions from multilayer systems only to a limited extent; some inner layers of floor systems are giving diffusion resistance or intensification of diffusion. A new emission model is proposed. The time-emission concentration curves for dry and wet environments differ significantly; reducing the VOC concentration in the air for the number of exchanges above 1.0 ACH is relatively inefficient. Authors also mapped out new research directions; for example, the experiment showed that not all of the VOC contaminants are ventilated just as easily and perhaps, considering their concentration of resistant impurities, chemical structure and diffusion resistance through the layers, there is a need to determine their weights.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4806floor heating systemconstruction productindoor airchamber test emissionVOCTVOC |
| spellingShingle | Michał Piasecki Krystyna Barbara Kostyrko Anna Goljan The Ability to Control VOC Emissions from Multilayer Building Materials Applied Sciences floor heating system construction product indoor air chamber test emission VOC TVOC |
| title | The Ability to Control VOC Emissions from Multilayer Building Materials |
| title_full | The Ability to Control VOC Emissions from Multilayer Building Materials |
| title_fullStr | The Ability to Control VOC Emissions from Multilayer Building Materials |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Ability to Control VOC Emissions from Multilayer Building Materials |
| title_short | The Ability to Control VOC Emissions from Multilayer Building Materials |
| title_sort | ability to control voc emissions from multilayer building materials |
| topic | floor heating system construction product indoor air chamber test emission VOC TVOC |
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