Article Detail

Home > Article Detail
  • P-ISSN 1225-0163
  • E-ISSN 2288-8985

Consideration of the analytical bias involved in the detection of total volatile organic compounds (TVOC)

Analytical Science and Technology / Analytical Science and Technology, (P)1225-0163; (E)2288-8985
2004, v.17 no.6, pp.489-495

  • Downloaded
  • Viewed

Abstract

In this article, various aspects of errors involved in the measurement of TVOC were examined as part of study to develop the indoor pollution indices. For this purpose, TVOC term was computed by two different calibration approaches, i.e., by assuming all VOC are detected in the same manner as toluene and by summing up as many individual VOC as possible. The results of our study indicate that the common, toluene-based method suffers from errors inherent in the development of such theory. Consequently, it is concluded that more research efforts have to be directed to the improvement of such concept as TVOC.

keywords
TVOC, VOC, indoor pollution, toluene, individual VOC


Reference

1

(1997) European Collaborative Action ECA-IAQ., European COmmision

상단으로 이동

Analytical Science and Technology