Material Emissions and IAQ
Research Focus
- Develop model-based practical test methods for characterizing the VOC emissions from building materials, furnishings, and office equipments
- Develop advanced mechanistic models for predicting the VOC emissions and transport in materials and systems as well as for extrapolating short-term laboratory test results to long-term emissions in real environments
- Develop similarity theory and correlations between the moisture and VOC transport in porous media
- Develop practical tools for assessing the impact of material emissions and indoor sinks (adsorption/desorption materials) on indoor air quality
- Develop a database of material emissions for use in the CHAMP simulation environment
Research Facilities
- Two full-scale environmental chamber for air cleaner testing and evaluation in accordance with ASTM D6670
- 8 small-scale environmental chambers of material emission testing in accordance of ASTM D5116
- Dual-chamber system for measuring VOC diffusion and partition coefficients of building materials
- VOC extraction apparatus for determining the initial VOC contents and composition in material specimens
- Tracer analytical chemistry lab equipments including ATD-GC/MS, ATD-GC/FID and HPLC
Research Team
- Dr. Jensen Zhang (Team Leader)
- Dr. Zhibin Zhang
- Jim Smith
- Mikael Salonvaara
- Beverly Guo
- Ilka Berrios
- Hui Li
- Miao Yang
- Jing Xu
- Qinqin Deng
- Nuan Li
Projects
Ongoing Projects
A Dual-Chamber Experimental Method for Determining the Transport Properties of Building Materials
Past Projects
Emissions study for office environment
VOC Extraction
Office environment (pdf)
Residential environment (pdf)
Emission database
Publications
Standard Test Methods
