Description

Air contamination is a concern for ventilation engineers when it causes problems for building occupants. Engineers need to understand the vocabulary used by the air sampling and building air cleaning industry. This chapter focuses on the types and levels of air contaminants that might enter ventilation systems or be found as indoor contaminants. Industrial contaminants are included only for special cases. Because it is not a building air concern, the effects of refrigerants on the atmosphere are not included in this chapter; see Chapter 29 for discussion of this topic.

CLASSES OF AIR CONTAMINANTS

PARTICULATE CONTAMINANTS
Particulate Matter

GASEOUS CONTAMINANTS
Volatile Organic Compounds
Semivolatile Organic Compounds
Inorganic Gases

AIR CONTAMINANTS BY SOURCE
Outdoor Air Contaminants
Industrial Air Contaminants
Commercial, Institutional, and Residential Indoor Air Contaminants
Flammable Gases and Vapors
Combustible Dusts
Radioactive Air Contaminants
Soil Gases

ISBN: 978-1-939200-57-0 (for I-P versions of chapters)
ISSN: 1523-7222 (for I-P versions of chapters)

Citation: 2017 ASHRAE Handbook — Fundamentals: Chapter 11, Air Contaminants

Product Details

Published:

2017

ISBN(s):

9781939200570

Number of Pages:

25

Units of Measure:

I-P

File Size:

1 file , 1 MB

Product Code(s):

D-F112017IP