Indoor environmental quality in chemistry and chemical engineering laboratories at Izmir Institute of Technology

Developmental Biology

Gul Gursoy²  Tugba Ugranli¹  Melis Toprak¹  Sait C. Sofuoglu¹  Arif H. Cimrin³ 

[1] Izmir Institute of Technology, Environmental Engineering Graduate Program, Gulbahce, Urla 35430 Izmir, Turkey$$Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Gulbahce, Urla 35430 Izmir, Turkey$$;Izmir Institute of Technology, the Center for Health, Culture and Sports, Gulbahce, Urla 35430 Izmir, Turkey$$;Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Balcova 35340 Izmir, Turkey$$

关键词: University;    laboratory;    indoor air quality;    comfort;   

DOI  :  10.5094/APR.2015.017

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Dokuz Eylul Universitesi * Department of Environmental Engineering

【 摘 要 】

Indoor air pollution in university research laboratories may be important to building occupants, especially for those who work in the laboratories. In this study, indoor air quality (IAQ) and indoor environmental comfort were investigated in research laboratories of two departments at a university. PM_2.5, PM₁₀, TVOC (total volatile organic compounds), and CO concentrations, and three comfort variables which are temperature, relative humidity, and CO₂ were measured. PM_2.5 concentration was determined gravimetrically by collecting particles on glass fiber filters, whereas the remaining pollutants and comfort variables were measured using a monitoring device. IAQ measurements showed that levels of all pollutants were under the limits in both of the departments except for TVOC in one laboratory which had a mean concentration of 182 ppb. The comfort variables were in the comfort ranges for laboratories in both of the departments except for temperature in one laboratory with a mean value of 30 °C. In conclusion, measures are needed for extensive uses of organic solvents because ventilation may not be sufficient to keep VOC concentrations within the limits, and to provide thermal comfort.

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