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Book/Book Chapter 
Using ozone air cleaners to remove indoor volatile organic compounds 
Yu, KP; Lee, GWM; Hsieh, CP; Yang, SH 
2005 
Tsinghua University Press 
Beijing, China 
Indoor Air 2005: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, vol. 4 
2981-2985 
English 
WOS:000233831205018 
Indoor volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are known to cause many human health problems. Ozone air cleaners were claimed to remove the indoor VOCs, but their effectiveness was still unclear. In this study, we selected six ozone air cleaners to evaluate their effectiveness on the control of target VOCs (toluene and formaldehyde). The experiments were conducted in a 11.3-m(3) stainless steel environmental test chamber under 25 degrees C and 60% relative humidity. The clean air delivery rate for toluene and formaldehyde ranged from 0.0565 to 0.424 m(3)/hr, and from 0.0068 to 0.747 m(3)/hr, respectively. The removal rates observed were much high than the removal rates based on the ozone-toluene and ozone-formaldehyde reaction constants measured in previous studies. Thus, the removal of toluene and formaldehyde may result from the other mechanism such as adsorption, and high-voltage electric discharge or ultraviolet lamp, used to generate ozone. 
ozone air cleaner; toluene; formaldehyde; removal efficiency environmental test chamber 
Yang, X; Zhao, B; Zhao, R 
9787894948304 
10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate (Indoor Air 2005) 
Beijing, China 
September 4-9, 2005