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Technical Papers

The indoor volatile organic compound (VOC) characteristics and source identification in a new university campus in Tianjin, China

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Pages 725-737 | Received 10 Sep 2016, Accepted 03 Jan 2017, Published online: 20 Apr 2017

Figures & data

Table 1. Sampling points.

Figure 1. Pictures of (a) undergraduate dormitories (four sets of furniture); (b) graduate dormitories (two sets of furniture); (c) Ph.D. candidate dormitories (one set of furniture); (d) classroom; (e) library.

Figure 1. Pictures of (a) undergraduate dormitories (four sets of furniture); (b) graduate dormitories (two sets of furniture); (c) Ph.D. candidate dormitories (one set of furniture); (d) classroom; (e) library.

Table 2. Treatment of selected rooms in “bed board test.”

Figure 2. (a) Categories of VOC constituents in different buildings. (b) Mean concentrations of VOC constituents in different buildings.

Figure 2. (a) Categories of VOC constituents in different buildings. (b) Mean concentrations of VOC constituents in different buildings.

Figure 3. Average concentrations of the top seven VOCs in dormitories in Stage II.

Figure 3. Average concentrations of the top seven VOCs in dormitories in Stage II.

Figure 4. (a) Average concentrations of formaldehyde in buildings. (b) Average concentrations of ammonia in buildings.

Figure 4. (a) Average concentrations of formaldehyde in buildings. (b) Average concentrations of ammonia in buildings.

Figure 5. Indoor mean temperature and relative humidity during test period.

Figure 5. Indoor mean temperature and relative humidity during test period.

Table 3. VOCs constituents for which the detection rate is more than 50% in dorms, classrooms, and the library.

Figure 6. Scatter distributions of cumulative percentage of VOC constituent detection rates in their relative detection rates.

Figure 6. Scatter distributions of cumulative percentage of VOC constituent detection rates in their relative detection rates.

Table 4. VOCs constituents detected in Stage II but that do not exist in Stage I (Type O).

Figure 7. Comparisons of indoor VOC constituents in three stages.

Figure 7. Comparisons of indoor VOC constituents in three stages.

Table 5. Contribution rates of two main sources and decay rates for each VOC constituent after 1 year.

Figure 8. Effects of pine-wood bed boards on VOC concentrations in the dormitory.

Figure 8. Effects of pine-wood bed boards on VOC concentrations in the dormitory.

Figure 9. (a) Differences of VOC concentrations at each sampling point in the same room. (b) Species of VOC constituents at each sampling point in the same room.

Figure 9. (a) Differences of VOC concentrations at each sampling point in the same room. (b) Species of VOC constituents at each sampling point in the same room.

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