Table 1:
Overview of exposure chamber experiments. The four left columns indicate the parameters whose effects we studied: puff time tpuff, period T, power P and air exchange rate Qex. The three right columns show the mean (standard deviation) of the model parameters used to describe measured time-dependent aerosol levels: characteristic time τ, steady-state concentration cmax, and initial slope dc/dt |t=0.
| tpuff (s) | T (s) | P (W) * | Qex (L/min) | τ (min)† | cmax (mg/m3)† | dc/dt |t=0 (mg/(m3-min)) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mod | ||||||
| 2 | 60 | 30 | 1.5 | 12.3 (1.4) | 177 (17) | 14.5 (1.9) |
| 2 | 30 | 30 | 1.5 | - | - | 26.7 (3.3) |
| 3 | 60 | 30 | 1.5 | - | - | 38.3 (6.8) |
| 2 | 60 | 40 | 1.5 | - | - | 35.4 (4.4) |
| 2 | 60 | 30 | 3.65 | 6.2 (0.6) | 66 (2) | 10.7 (1.3) |
| Cigalike | ||||||
| 2 | 60 | - | 1.5 | - | - | 52.5 (3.1) |
| 2 | 30 | - | 1.5 | - | - | 109.5 (2.2) |
| 3 | 60 | - | 1.5 | - | - | 67.8 (22.9) |
Power output P of the cigalike is unknown.
For the experiments in which aerosol levels increased linearly and not approaching a plateau, τ and cmax could not be determined.