Validation of the surface sink model for sorptive interactions between VOCs and indoor materials

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DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1352-2310(01)00223-0
Author	Search for: Won, D. Y.¹; Search for: Sander, D. M.¹; Search for: Shaw, C. Y.¹; Search for: Corsi, R. L.; Search for: Olson, D. A.
Affiliation	National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
Format	Text, Article
Subject	indoor air quality, sorptive sinks, indoor surface materials, volatile organic compounds, scale-up; Volatile organic compounds
Abstract	Adsorption and desorption by indoor surface materials can have significant impacts on the level of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) indoors. The surface sink model (SSM) was developed to account for these interactions in an indoor air quality model. Two types of scale-up experiments were conducted to validate the SSM that was developed based on small-scale chamber experiments. Conflicting results were obtained from a large-scale laboratory experiment and a field test. From the large-scale laboratory experiment involving three materials and three chemicals, relatively good agreement was observed between measurements and predictions by the SSM. In contrast, the level of sorption in the field test was observed to be at least 9 times greater than was predicted by the SSM.
Publication date	2001-04-03
In	Atmospheric Environment 35, no. April (3 April 2001): 4479–4488.
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NRC number	NRCC 44516 NRC-IRC-10174
NPARC number	20378550
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