Measurement of exposure to gaseous contaminants

Wojciech Kierat, Mariya Bivolarova, Eva Zavrl, Zbigniew Popiolek, Arsen Melikov

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    Abstract

    The indoor exposure of occupants to gaseous contaminants is often simulated by use of tracer gas. In this paper the method of tracer gas concentration measurement, including characteristics of the measuring instrument (response time, measuring range, etc.) and analyses of the collected date for correct assessment of exposure was studied. Breathing thermal manikin was used to resemble human body with the free convection flow and the flow of respiration. Personalized ventilation was used to generate invading ventilation flow from front. CO2 was released at the armpits and N2O at the groins to simulate respective bio-effluents generated by the body. The tracer gas concentration at the mouth/nose and around the manikin was measured with gas analysers with short and long response time. The comparison of the results show that the response time of the analysers and gas concentration measurements only during the period of inhalation are important for accurate exposure assessment.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of Healthy Buildings Europe 2017
    PublisherInternational Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate
    Publication date2017
    Article number0233
    ISBN (Electronic)978-83-7947-232-1
    Publication statusPublished - 2017
    EventHealthy Buildings Europe 2017 - Lublin, Poland
    Duration: 2 Jul 20175 Jul 2017

    Conference

    ConferenceHealthy Buildings Europe 2017
    Country/TerritoryPoland
    CityLublin
    Period02/07/201705/07/2017

    Keywords

    • Traces gas analysers
    • Measurement
    • Response time
    • Flow interaction
    • Breathing

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