Table 2.
TCPP and zone size input parameters for IECCU model (at 25 °C)
Parameters | Value | Unit | |
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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 |
1 % of house volume
Average of measured values from Liu, Allen et al. (2016)