Review on measurement methods of pollutant emission characteristics from indoor materials and products

The gaseous pollutant (mainly volatile organic compound, VOC) emitted from indoor materials and products is one of the main cause for poor indoor air quality, which would significantly affect people’s health, comfort and productivity. Study on the emission and control of VOC from indoor materials has therefore become a hot interdisciplinary topic in the fields of heat and mass transfer and building environment science. Reviews the existing methods for measuring the pollutant emission characteristics of indoor materials and products (mainly building materials and furniture). These methods focus on determining three emission characteristic parameters, i.e., the initial emittable concentration, the diffusion coefficient and the partition coefficient. Emphasizes a typical method—the ventilated chamber C-history method.