Measurement and Simulation of the Indoor Air Quality Impact of Gaseous Air Cleaners in a Test Home

Published

July 1, 2002

Author(s)

Cynthia H. Reed, Steven J. Nabinger, Steven Emmerich

Abstract

Residential and commercial gaseous air cleaning technologies have not gained wide acceptance in the marketplace, in part due to the lack of performance data from field tests or simulation studies. This paper describes a field study of the performance of two gaseous air cleaners in a single room test house and simulations based on these tests with an indoor air quality model (CONTAMW). Air cleaner effective cleaning rates (ECR) were experimentally measured for toluene and ranged from 93 m3/h to 202 m3/h compared to the average toluene loss rates of 18 m3/h due to infiltration and 7.7 m3/h due to sorption on surfaces in the house. As a result, the effectiveness of the air cleaners for toluene in these tests ranged from 82 % to 94 % for different experimental conditions. CONTAMW proved to be an effective tool for predicting the impact of air cleaner performance in the single zone environment.

Citation

Indoor Air

Volume

2

Pub Type

Journals

Keywords

Air cleaners, field study, indoor air, model validation, VOC transport

Citation

Reed, C. , Nabinger, S. and Emmerich, S. (2002), Measurement and Simulation of the Indoor Air Quality Impact of Gaseous Air Cleaners in a Test Home, Indoor Air (Accessed April 25, 2024)