| Title |
A Study on the Emission Characteristic of Formaldehyde and TVOC from Indoor Finishing Materials |
| Authors |
Yu Hyung-Ku ; Park Jin-Chul ; Rhee Eon-Ku |
| Keywords |
Indoor finishing materials ; Small chamber ; Formaldehyde ; TVOC(Total Volatile Organic Compounds) |
| Abstract |
Building Materials are composed of very complex chemical compounds which discharge very much formaldehyde and TVOC. They cause SBS and SHS in newly-built apartment houses. This is very serious problem in our country.
In this study, we made equipment to measure indoor air pollutants from indoor finishing materials and verified it. Indoor air pollutants from indoor finishing materials like wallpaper, wood flooring, paint, and bond were measured. On the basis of the measurement results achieved, we can estimate emission characteristic of the pollutant from finishing materials.
To see the pollutant density changes by actual application of indoor finishing materials, we designed comparison experiments. We chose two houses and executed an experiment: One house emits the pollutants to be less, and the other is typical. As the result, pollutant density showed to be less remarkably in the house which applies finishing materials whose pollutants are emitted to be less; formaldehyde 55% and TVOC 49%, respectively. |