Automated system for measuring air-exchange rate and radon concentration in houses.

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Nazaroff W W, Offermann F J, Robb A W
air change rate, automatic equipment, tracer gas, decay rate, radon, scintillation counter, residential building, sulphur hexafluoride
Year:
1983
Bibliographic info:
Health Physics, August 1983, Vol 45, No 2

The Aardvark automated system has been developed for continuously measuring the air-exchange rate and 222Rn (radon) concentration in an occupied residence. The air-exchange rate is measured over 90 min intervals by tracer gas decay using sulphur hexafluoride as the tracer gas.

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