A Statistical Approach to Provide Guidance on Setting Maximum Emission Rates from Ozone Emitting Consumer Appliances
Abstract
A Monte-Carlo analysis of indoor ozone levels in two North American cities was applied to provide guidance to regulatory agencies on setting maximum ozone emission rates from consumer appliances. Measured distributions of air exchange rates, ozone decay rates, outdoor ozone levels at monitoring stations were combined with a steady-state indoor air quality model resulting in emission rate distributions (mg h-1) as a function of % of building hours protected from exceeding a target maximum indoor concentration of 20 ppb. for Toronto, negative emission rates were common, indicating that maximum emission rates should be set as close to zero as possible. for Houston, positive emission rates were more common because summer time air exchange rates are much lower than those in Toronto.
Recommended Citation
G. Morrison and R. Shaughnessy, "A Statistical Approach to Provide Guidance on Setting Maximum Emission Rates from Ozone Emitting Consumer Appliances," 9th International Conference and Exhibition - Healthy Buildings 2009, HB 2009, Scimago Journal and Country Rank, Dec 2009.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Air cleaners; Emission rates; Monte-Carlo analysis; Ozone; Regulation
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
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Publication Date
01 Dec 2009
