| Title |
Comparative Analysis of Bake-out and PHI Experiment in a Newly Built Apartment |
| Authors |
Choi Seok-Yong ; Yee Jurng-Jae |
| Keywords |
Sick House Syndrome ; Indoor Air Quality ; Bake-out ; HCHO ; VOCs ; Photo-Hydro Ionization |
| Abstract |
Building materials which are not properly verified their harmful chemical emission have been widely used in architecture. The fact has caused air pollution and become sick house syndrome in korea. As living environment for human body became a concern, many studies about reducing air pollution in living areas are going on nowadays.This study analyzed the resisting effect of HCHO and VOCS based on data obtained from experimentation on a newly built apartment by PHI(Photo-Hydro Ionization) unit, which has been used in developed countries(like the USA), and by bake-out, which is a testing program designed to improve indoor air quality at ante occupancy in a newly built apartment in Korea. The result of this experiment shows that PHI is more efficient than bake-out. However, it doesn't exactly coincide with the standard indoor air quality of Korea. For practical use of PHI unit, we need to continue studying how to multiply the size of PHI cell and the fan adhered to unit. |