| Title: | Investigation on the Direct Transfer of SVOCs from Source to Settled Dust: Analytical Model and Key Parameter Determination |
| Author(s): | Wang H; Wang H; Zhang X; Xiong J; Liu X; |
| Address: | "School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, United States" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1520-5851 (Electronic) 0013-936X (Print) 0013-936X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Settled dust is an important medium for semivolatile organic compound (SVOC) transport indoors. Understanding the mechanism of interaction between SVOCs and settled dust can greatly improve the exposure assessment. This study develops an analytical model to elucidate the mechanism of direct contact between SVOC sources and settled dust. The model incorporates the adsorption of SVOCs onto indoor surfaces, which was ignored in previous numerical models. Based on this model, a hybrid optimization method is applied to determine the key parameters of SVOC transport, i.e., the diffusion coefficient in the dust, the dust-air partition coefficient, and the chamber surface-air partition coefficient. Experiments of direct contact between SVOC source materials containing organophosphorus flame retardants (OPFRs) and settled dust were conducted in chambers. The key parameters were determined by performing curve fitting using data collected from the OPFR chamber tests and from the literature on phthalates. The reliability and robustness of the model and measurement method are demonstrated by the high fitting accuracy and sensitivity analysis. The obtained key parameters are more accurate than those from correlations in prior studies. Further analysis indicates that dust-air partition coefficient plays an important role and the adsorption effect on surfaces cannot be neglected for SVOC transport" |
| Keywords: | "*Air Pollution, Indoor/analysis Dust/analysis *Flame Retardants/analysis Reproducibility of Results *Volatile Organic Compounds analytical model direct contact hybrid optimization indoor air quality key parameters semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) se;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineWang, Hao Wang, Haimei Zhang, Xuankai Xiong, Jianyin Liu, Xiaoyu eng EPA999999/ImEPA/Intramural EPA/ Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2022/04/21 Environ Sci Technol. 2022 May 3; 56(9):5489-5496. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c08257. Epub 2022 Apr 20" |
