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Radon and its decay products in an air-conditioned auditorium in correlation with indoor air parameters
- Source :
- Indoor and Built Environment. 26:621-630
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2016.
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Abstract
- The measurements of radon and its attached decay product activity concentrations were carried out in an occupied and unoccupied auditorium during three air-conditioning modes i.e. air-conditioning system switched off (air-conditioning off), air-conditioning system switched off during the night and switched on during the day (air-conditioning on/off) and air-conditioning system switched on (air-conditioning on). Higher average concentrations of radon and its decay products were recorded in the auditorium when the air-conditioning system was switched off. The average particle mass and CO2 concentrations and indoor air thermal parameters were elevated during the air-conditioning on/off mode. A statistically significant ( p 2 concentrations in the air-conditioning off mode ( r = −0.86 and r = −0.47, respectively). The obtained results confirmed the impact of the air-conditioning system operation on the decrease of health risks related to the presence of radon and its decay products in air conditioned premises.
- Subjects :
- business.industry
Indoor air
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Environmental engineering
chemistry.chemical_element
Radon
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
chemistry
Air conditioning
Radon Progeny
Activity concentration
Decay product
business
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14230070 and 1420326X
- Volume :
- 26
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Indoor and Built Environment
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........9e6d5c08fdcdb7bb38e3d48b6422abdc