Standard Practice for Full-Scale Chamber Determination of Volatile Organic Emissions from Indoor Materials/Products

Importancia y uso:

5.1 VOCs emitted from materials/products affect indoor air quality (IAQ) in buildings. To determine the impact of these emissions on IAQ, it is necessary to know their emission rates over time. This practice provides guidelines for using a full-scale environmental chamber for testing large materials and full-scale material systems/assemblies.

5.2 While this practice is developed for measuring VOC emissions, the chamber facilities and methods of evaluation presented in this practice are also useful for a variety of purposes including: (1) testing the emissions during the application process (for example, painting), or other related sources; (2) developing scaleup methods (for example, from small chamber results to a full-scale scenario); (3) studying the interaction between sources and sinks, and validating source/sink models which are the basis for IAQ prediction; (4) testing interactions between source emissions and other compounds in the air (for example, NO_x, ozone, SO_x); and (5) evaluating the performance of air cleaning devices intended to remove contaminants from indoor air.

Subcomité:

D22.05

Referida por:

D7911-19, D8141-22, D6177-19R24, D7143-24, D7339-18, D6178-19R24, D8591-24, D8445-22A, D8345-21, D5116-17

Volúmen:

11.07

Número ICS:

13.040.20 (Ambient atmospheres)

Palabras clave:

building materials; environmental test chambers; full-scale chamber testing; indoor air quality; indoor materials; indoor products; material emissions; organic emissions;