Air leakage measurements by the tracer dilution method - A review.

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Lagus P.L.
tracer gas, decay rate, measurement technique
Year:
1980
Bibliographic info:
In "Building Air Change Rate and Infiltration Measurements" Proceedings ASTM Conference, Gaithersburg 13 March 1978. C.M.Hunt J.C.King H.R.Trechsel eds. ASTM 1980 p.36-49

Discusses the tracer dilution method for measuring air change rates. The technique entails introducing small amounts of tracer gas into a building and measuring the rate of change in tracer concentration. Describes the method and compares different tracer gases. Outline ways of obtaining an estimate of the air infiltration from experimental data. An appendix discusses the errors in the procedure.

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