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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 18.
Published in final edited form as: Build Environ. 2021 Jul;199:10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107888. doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107888

Table 2.

TCPP and zone size input parameters for IECCU model (at 25 °C)

Parameters Value Unit
Volume of building zone
Attic 159 m3
Living area (1st and 2nd floors) 856 m3
Floorspace 48 m3
Basement 460 m3
HVAC 14.8a m3
Source - SPF
Initial TCPP concentration, C0 8.8 × 108 μg m−3
Partition coefficient between SPF and air, KSPF/a 4.4 × 106 b unitless
Diffusion coefficient, DSPF 8.6 × 10−11 b m2 h−1
Convective mass transfer coefficient, hm, spf 0.81 m h−1
Exposed surface area – basement, ASPF 15 m2
Exposed surface area – floorspace 15 m2
Thickness of SPF, LSPF 0.1 m
Sink - gypsum board
Partition coefficient between gypsum board and air, Kgypsum/a 4.3 × 106 b unitless
Diffusion coefficient, Dgypsum 1.7 × 10−9 b m2 h−1
Convective mass transfer coefficient, hm, gypsum 0.53 m h−1
Exposed surface area - attic 218 m2
Exposed surface area - living 959 m2
Exposed surface area - floorspace 114 m2
Exposed surface area - basement 165 m2
Thickness of gypsum, Lgypsum 0.012 m
Sink - concrete
Partition coefficient between concrete and air Kconcrete/a 5.4 × 106 unitless
Diffusion coefficient, Dconcrete 3.7 × 10−10 m2 h−1
Convective mass transfer coefficient, hm, concrete 0.57 m h−1
Exposed surface area – basement, Aconcrete 122 m2
Thickness of concrete, Lconcrete 0.1 m
a

1 % of house volume

b

Average of measured values from Liu, Allen et al. (2016)