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Main Title Initial Verification of the Environmental Protection Agency Indoor Air Quality Model EXPOSURE Version 2.
Author Sparks, L. E. ; Tichenor, B. A. ; White, J. B. ; Chang, J. ; Jackson, M. D. ;
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Air and Energy Engineering Research Lab.
Publisher 1991
Year Published 1991
Report Number EPA/600/D-91/156;
Stock Number PB91-223263
Additional Subjects Indoor air pollution ; Mathematical models ; Air quality display models ; Air pollution effects(Humans) ; Emission factors ; Test chambers ; Performance evaluation ; Air pollution ; Air flow ; Environmental engineering ; Comparison ; Construction materials ; Buildings ; Exposure ; Public health ; Aerosols ; US EPA ; Pollution sources ; EXPOSURE Model ; INDOOR Model
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NTIS  PB91-223263 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The paper describes experiments to verify an indoor air quality (IAQ) model, EXPOSURE, that includes the interactions of sources, sinks, and air movement between rooms and between buildings and the outdoors. Sources may be located in rooms, in the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system, or outdoors. There may be sinks (i.e., materials that adsorb indoor pollutants) in the same locations. Sinks may also act as sources when pollutant concentrations drop below a given value. The model EXPOSURE, described in the paper, is based on the model INDOOR. Major differences between EXPOSURE and INDOOR are an improved user interface, a faster solution technique, and the ability to predict individual exposure. EXPOSURE also incorporates the results of recent research on sources and sinks. Combining chamber studies, test house studies, and modeling has been quite valuable. The chamber tests allow many factors to be investigated rapidly. The model allows coupling chamber data to the test house. And test house studies provide model verification, identification of weakness in the model, and the chamber data that require additional chamber testing, theoretical analysis, and test house experiments.