LoginAn experiment was performed to determine whether the sensory pollution emitted from a bagfilter that had been used for 3 months in a suburban area in Denmark was influenced bydifferent ways of operating the air-handling unit (AHU). Samples of the used filter were preconditioned to simulate three operating conditions: (1) switched off overnight; (2) airflowreduced to 10% overnight; and (3) continuous 100% operation. Outside air passed through thesamples and the acceptability of the air after the filter was assessed by a panel of subjects. Theresults indicate that turning off the AHU or reducing the airflow outside working hours wouldsignificantly increase the sensory pollution emitted by a used bag filter immediately after theAHU is turned on, in comparison with continuous airflow through the AHU (P < 0.05). Afteroutside air had been passed through the filter for 2 h, no significant differences were found.
The influence of typical ways of operating an air-handling unit on the sensory pollution load from used bag filters
Year:
2003
Bibliographic info:
Healthy Buildings 2003 - Proceedings 7th International Conference (7th-11th December 2003) - National University of Singapore - Vol. 3, pp 267-272, 3 Fig., 2 Tab., 7 Ref.