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Indoor Work and Living Environments : Health, Safety and Performance.
Title:
Indoor Work and Living Environments : Health, Safety and Performance.
Author:
Harris, Robert G.
ISBN:
9781617285219
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1 online resource (427 pages)
Contents:
INDOOR WORK AND LIVINGENVIRONMENTS: HEALTH, SAFETYAND PERFORMANCE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN GREECE -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN RESIDENCES -- 2.1.General Description of Existing Studies in Greece -- 2.2.Particulate Matter in Residences -- 2.2.1. General Characteristics of Particulate Matter -- 2.2.1.1. Sources and Levels of Particulate Matter in Residences -- 2.2.1.2.Particle Production from Smoking -- 2.2.1.3.Particle Production from Cooking and Cleaning, Etc -- 2.2.2 Indoor Particulate Levels in Greece -- 2.2.2.1. Concentration of PM10 in Residences in Greece -- 2.2.2.2. Concentration of PM2.5 in Residences in Greece -- 2.2.2.3. PM1 Concentrations Inside Residences in Greece -- 2.3. Carbon Dioxide Concentrations in Greek Residences -- 2.3.1. Carbon Dioxide Sources in the Interior of Buildings -- 2.3.2. Carbon Dioxide Inside Greek Residences -- 2.4. Carbon Monoxide in Greek Residences -- 2.4.1. Sources of Carbon Monoxide in the Indoor Air -- 2.4.2. Carbon Monoxide Concentrations in Greek Residences -- 2.5. Concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds in Greek Residences -- 2.5.1. Sources of Organic Volatile Unions in Residences -- 2.5.2. Tvocs Concentrations in Greek Residences -- 2.5.3. Volatile Organic Compounds in Greek Residences -- 3. INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS -- 3.1. Existing Studies in Greece -- 3.2.Particulate Matter in Educational Buildings -- 3.2.1. Sources of Particulate Matter -- 3.2.2. Indoor Levels of Particulate Matter in Greek Educational Buildings -- 3.3. Carbon Dioxide in Educational Buildings -- 3.3.1. Indoor Sources and Levels of Carbon Dioxide in Educational Buildings -- 3.3.2. CO2 Concentration Levels in Greek Educational Buildings -- 3.4. CO Concentration Levels in Greek Educational Buildings -- 3.4.1.Indoor Levels of CO in Educational Buildings.

3.4.2. Indoor Levels of CO in Greek Educational Buildings -- 3.5. Volatile Organic Compounds in Educational Buildings -- 3.5.1. Indoor Sources and Levels of Volatile Organic Compounds in Schools -- 3.5.2. Indoor Levels of Volatile Organic Compounds in Greek Educational Buildings -- 4.INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL CENTRES -- 4.1. General Description of Existing Studies in Greece -- 4.2. Particulate Matter in Museums and Cultural Centres -- 4.2.1. Sources and Levels of Particulate Matter in Museums and Cultural Centres -- 4.2.2. Indoor Levels of Particulate Matter in Greek Museums and Cultural Centres -- 4.3. Carbon Dioxide in Museums and Cultural Centres -- 4.3.2. Indoor Sources and Levels of Carbon Dioxide in Greek Museums and CulturalCentres -- 4.4. Carbon Monoxide in Museums and Cultural Centres -- 4.4.1. Indoor Sources and Levels of Carbon Monoxide in Museums and CulturalCentres -- 4.4.2. Indoor Sources and Levels of Carbon Monoxide in Greek Museums andCultural Centres -- 4.5. Volatile Organic Compounds in Museums and Cultural Centres -- 4.5.1. Indoor Sources and Levels of Volatile Organic Compounds in Museums andCultural Centres According to the International Literature -- 4.5.2. Indoor Levels of Volatile Organic Compounds in Greek Museums and CulturalCentres -- 5. INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN ATHLETIC HALLS -- 5.1. General Description of Existing Studies in Greece -- 5.2.Particulate Matter in Athletic Halls -- 5.2.1. Sources and Levels of Particulate Matter in Athletic Halls -- 5.2.2.Indoor Levels of Particulate Matter in Athletic Halls in Greece -- 5.3. Carbon Dioxide in Athletic Halls -- 5.3.1.Indoor Sources and Levels of Carbon Dioxide in Athletic Halls -- 5.3.2. Indoor Sources and Levels of Carbon Dioxide in Athletic Halls in Greece -- 5.4. Carbon Monoxide in Athletic Halls.

5.4.1. Indoor Sources and Levels of Carbon Monoxide in Athletic Halls -- 5.4.2. Indoor Sources and Levels of Carbon Monoxide in Athletic Halls in Greece -- 5.5. Volatile Organic Compounds in Athletic Halls -- 5.5.1.Indoor Sources and Levels of Volatile Organic Compounds in Athletic Halls -- 5.5.2. Indoor Levels of Volatile Organic Compounds in Athletic Halls in Greece -- 6. INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN AIRPORTS -- 6.1. General Description of Existing Studies in Greece -- 6.2.Particulate Matter in Airports -- 6.2.1. Sources and Levels of Particulate Matter in Airports According to theInternational Literature -- 6.2.2. Indoor Levels of Particulate Matter in Greek Airports -- 6.3. Carbon Dioxide in Airports -- 6.3.1. Indoor Sources and Levels of Carbon Dioxide in Airports According to theInternational Literature -- 6.3.2. Indoor Sources And Levels Of Carbon Dioxide In Greek Airports -- 6.4. Volatile Organic Compounds in Airports -- 6.4.1. Indoor Sources and Levels of Volatile Organic Compounds in AirportsAccording to The International Literature -- 6.4.2. Indoor Levels of Volatile Organic Compounds in Greek Airports -- 7. INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS -- 7.1. General Description of Existing Studies in Greece -- 7.2. Particulate Matter in Hospitals and Clinics -- 7.2.1. Sources and Levels of Particulate Matter in Hospitals and Clinics According tothe International Literature -- 7.2.2. Indoor Levels of Particulate Matter in Hospitals and Clinics in Greece -- 7.3. Carbon Dioxide in Hospitals and Clinics -- 7.3.1. Indoor Sources and Levels of Carbon Dioxide in Hospitals and ClinicsAccording to the International Literature -- 7.3.2. Indoor Sources and Levels of Carbon Dioxide in Hospitals and Clinics in Greece -- 7.4. Carbon Monoxide in Hospitals and Clinics.

7.4.1. Indoor Sources and Levels of Carbon Monoxide in Hospitals and ClinicsAccording to the International Literature -- 7.4.2. Indoor Sources and Levels of Carbon Monoxide in Hospitals and Clinics inGreece -- 7.5. Volatile Organic Compounds in Hospitals and Clinics -- 7.5.1. Indoor Sources and Levels of Volatile Organic Compounds in Hospitals andClinics -- 7.5.2. Indoor Levels of Volatile Organic Compounds in Greek Hospitals and Clinics -- 8. INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN OFFICE BUILDINGS -- 8.1. General Description of Existing Studies in Greece -- 8.2. Particulate Matter in Office Buildings -- 8.2.1.Sources And Levels of Particulate Matter in Office Buildings -- 8.2.2. Indoor Levels of Particulate Matter in Greek Office Buildings -- 8.3. Carbon Dioxide in Office Buildings -- 8.3.1. Indoor Sources and Levels of Carbon Dioxide in Office Buildings -- 8.3.2. Indoor Sources and Levels of Carbon Dioxide in Greek Office Buildings -- 8.4. Carbon Monoxide in Office Buildings -- 8.4.1. Indoor Sources and Levels of Carbon Monoxide in Office Buildings -- 8.4.2. Indoor Sources and Levels of Carbon Monoxide in Greek Office Buildings -- 8.5. Volatile Organic Compounds in Office Buildings -- 8.5.1. Indoor Sources and Levels of Volatile Organic Compounds in Office Buildings -- 8.5.2. Indoor Levels of Volatile Organic Compounds in Greek Office Buildings -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EVALUATION OF THERMAL COMFORT IN INDOORENVIRONMENTS USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUIDDYNAMICS (CFD) -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF CFD -- 2.1. Inlet -- 2.2. Outlet -- 2.3. Wall Boundaries -- 2.4. Sources/Sinks of Dependent Variables -- 3. THERMAL COMFORT MODELS -- 4. BUILDING PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS -- 5. CFD IN INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS -- 5.1. Pioneer Studies and Ventilation Methods -- 5.2. Recent History of CFD in Mechanically Ventilated Indoor Environments.

5.3. Recent History of CFD in Naturally Ventilated Indoor Environments -- 6. A STEP-BY-STEP CFD TECHNIQUE -- 6.1. Computational Domain and Spatial Discretization -- 6.1.1. Rectilinear (Cartesian) Structured Grids -- 6.1.2. Curvilinear (BFC) Grids -- 6.1.3. Unstructured Grids -- 6.1.4. Solution-Adaptive Grid Methods -- 6.1.5. Special Grid Considerations -- 6.2. Turbulence Modelling -- 6.2.1. Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) -- 6.2.2. Filtering Methods - Large Eddy Simulation (LES) -- 6.2.3. Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) Models -- 6.2.4. Best Suited Turbulence Model -- 6.3. Boundary Conditions -- 6.3.1. Velocity Inlet -- 6.3.2. Outlet -- 6.3.3. Solid Boundaries -- 6.3.4. Symmetry Boundaries -- 6.4. Humidity Modelling and Properties of the Mixture -- 6.5. Solution Procedure -- 6.5.1. Solution Procedure in Grid-Cells -- 6.5.2. Differencing Scheme -- 6.5.3. Pressure-Correction Algorithms -- 6.5.4. Linearization of the Equations -- 6.5.5. Time Dependence -- 6.6. Post-Processing of the Results -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ULTRA-FINE PARTICLE AND GASEOUS VOLATILEORGANIC COMPOUNDS FORMATIONS FROM THEREACTIONS OF OZONE AND EMITTED COMPOUNDSIN INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS -- ABSTRACT -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- II.1.Chemicals -- II.2.Description of the Batch Reactor and 1-m3 Chamber for Natural PaintTest -- II.3.Description of the Batch Reactor and 1-m3 Chamber for Air FreshenerTest -- II.4.Sampling and Analysis -- III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- III.1. Identification of VOCs Emitted from Indoor Materials -- III.2. Ozone-Initiated Oxidation of Monoterpenes in Batch Bag ReactorsContaining Natural Paint -- III.3. Formation of Gaseous Products during Ozone-Initiated Reactions WithMonoterpenes in the 1-m3 Reaction Chamber -- III.3.1. From the Natural Paint -- III.3.2. From the Air Freshener.

III.4. Formation of Particles during the Ozone-Initiated Reactions withTarget Monoterpenes in the 1-m3 Reaction Chamber.
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