TY - JOUR
T1 - Mass accretion and ozone reactivity of idealized indoor surfaces in mechanically or naturally ventilated indoor environments
AU - Gall, Elliott T.
AU - Rim, Donghyun
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by Portland State University start-up funds and the Republic of Singapore's National Research Foundation through a grant to the Berkeley Education Alliance for Research in Singapore (BEARS) for the Singapore-Berkeley Building Efficiency and Sustainability in the Tropics (SinBerBEST) Program. BEARS has been established by the University of California, Berkeley as a center for intellectual excellence in research and education in Singapore.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/6/15
Y1 - 2018/6/15
N2 - In indoor environments, accretion of mass to materials may provide sites for surface chemistry that differ from those of the original material. Since indoor surfaces are a major sink of oxidant gases, surface mass accretion may impact indoor O3 chemistry. In this study, the effect of surface mass accretion on O3 surface deposition was tested by deploying cleaned borosilicate glass plates in two types of indoor environments: a mechanically ventilated (MV) office and a naturally ventilated (NV) residence located in Singapore. In each environment, seven replicate glass plates and one field blank were deployed for between 7 and 56 days and examined in a laboratory chamber for O3 deposition rate and surface reaction probability. Average mass accretion to plates, deployed in a horizontal position and including deposited particles, was 10.6 mg/(m2 d) in the MV office vs. 18.5 mg/(m2 d) in the NV residence and the comparison is at the threshold of statistical significance (p = 0.054). Ozone reactivity to the plates increased in magnitude and persistence with longer plate deployment. Ozone reaction probabilities to cleaned plates prior to deployment ranged [0.06–0.74] × 10−6 for two hours of observable removal whereas plates deployed for 56 days ranged [0.15–1.2] × 10−6 for four hours of observable removal. Regressions of cumulative O3 removed during chamber tests vs. mass accreted show removal of 4.3 nmol O3/mg for the NV residence and 2.4 nmol O3/mg for the MV office. These results imply that accretion of mass to surfaces may alter indoor O3 transformation pathways.
AB - In indoor environments, accretion of mass to materials may provide sites for surface chemistry that differ from those of the original material. Since indoor surfaces are a major sink of oxidant gases, surface mass accretion may impact indoor O3 chemistry. In this study, the effect of surface mass accretion on O3 surface deposition was tested by deploying cleaned borosilicate glass plates in two types of indoor environments: a mechanically ventilated (MV) office and a naturally ventilated (NV) residence located in Singapore. In each environment, seven replicate glass plates and one field blank were deployed for between 7 and 56 days and examined in a laboratory chamber for O3 deposition rate and surface reaction probability. Average mass accretion to plates, deployed in a horizontal position and including deposited particles, was 10.6 mg/(m2 d) in the MV office vs. 18.5 mg/(m2 d) in the NV residence and the comparison is at the threshold of statistical significance (p = 0.054). Ozone reactivity to the plates increased in magnitude and persistence with longer plate deployment. Ozone reaction probabilities to cleaned plates prior to deployment ranged [0.06–0.74] × 10−6 for two hours of observable removal whereas plates deployed for 56 days ranged [0.15–1.2] × 10−6 for four hours of observable removal. Regressions of cumulative O3 removed during chamber tests vs. mass accreted show removal of 4.3 nmol O3/mg for the NV residence and 2.4 nmol O3/mg for the MV office. These results imply that accretion of mass to surfaces may alter indoor O3 transformation pathways.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.04.030
DO - 10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.04.030
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046158281
SN - 0360-1323
VL - 138
SP - 89
EP - 97
JO - Building and Environment
JF - Building and Environment
ER -