Development and validation of a scaling method for environmental chamber determination of VOC emissions from office furniture

Alfred T. Hodgson; Jianshun S. Zhang; Beverly Guo; Jing Xu

Development and validation of a scaling method for environmental chamber determination of VOC emissions from office furniture

Alfred T. Hodgson, Jianshun S. Zhang, Beverly Guo, Jing Xu

Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

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Abstract

The study objectives were to: 1) develop a method for predicting emission rates of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from an office workstation system and workstation components using small chamber testing of individual component materials; 2) validate this method for scaling from materials to furniture objects by conducting tests in small-, mid- and full-scale chambers; and 3) evaluate effects of drawer and door position on VOC emissions. The results indicate that the projection of VOC emissions from small-scale tests of materials is a conservative approach for determining if a furniture system complies with emission standards.

Original language	English (US)
State	Published - 2009
Event	9th International Healthy Buildings Conference and Exhibition, HB 2009 - Syracuse, NY, United States Duration: Sep 13 2009 → Sep 17 2009

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Other	9th International Healthy Buildings Conference and Exhibition, HB 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Syracuse, NY
Period	9/13/09 → 9/17/09

Keywords

ANSI/BIFMA M7.1
Emission factor
Formaldehyde
Power law
Small-scale chamber

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Civil and Structural Engineering
Building and Construction

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Development and validation of a scaling method for environmental chamber determination of VOC emissions from office furniture. / Hodgson, Alfred T.; Zhang, Jianshun S.; Guo, Beverly et al.
2009. Paper presented at 9th International Healthy Buildings Conference and Exhibition, HB 2009, Syracuse, NY, United States.

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Development and validation of a scaling method for environmental chamber determination of VOC emissions from office furniture

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