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Proceedings of eSim 2001: 1st Conference of IBPSA-Canada

     

MODELLING OE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS EMISSION PROM DRY BUILDING MATERIALS

Hongyu Huang, Fariborz Haghighat

Abstract: A numerical model was developed to predict volatile organic compound (VOC) emission rate from dry building materials. The model considers mass diffusion process within the material and mass convection & diffusion processes in the boundary layer. All the parameters, mass diffusion coefficient of the material, material/air partition coefficient, and mass transfer coefficient of the air can be either found in the literature or calculated using known principles. The predictions of the model was validated at two levels: with experimental results from the specially designed test and with the prediction made by a CFD model. The results indicate that there is generally a good agreement between the model predictions, the experimental results, and the CFD results.
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esim2001_19