This paper reports on the experimental results using a standard room chamber to evaluate the impact of various parameters on indoor radon concentrations. The paper assesses the suitability of using pro-existing mathematical models for the prediction of indoor Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) to estimate radon concentrations in the heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HV AC) environment. A test chamber study was conducted to thoroughly evaluate and validate parameters considered in these models. A modification factor to account for the indoor sinks was determined and was utilised to enhance the accuracy in applicability of the pre-existing models. The results indicates the modified radon prediction model is capable of correlating well with field data and appears to be applicable to other HV AC environments.
An energy efficient approach for radon management. Part II: Radon modeling and evaluation.
Year:
1997
Bibliographic info:
USA, Washington DC, Healthy Buildings/IAQ '97, 1997, proceedings of a conference held Bethesda MD, USA, September 27 - October 2, 1997, Volume 1, pp 61-66