Dynamics, Reactive Chemistry and Short-Term Risk of Indoor Pollutants in a General Public Toilet
摘要
Air pollution from indoor sources is increasing due to massive participation of reactive chemistry and microbial transformations on existing pollutants. Since 90% of the world population spends their time indoors, the subject matter becomes salient. The mode of participation of outdoor-indoor interactions, reactive chemistry and microbial transformations within an indoor system had not been examined holistically. This research made use of a low cost indoor air sampler to measure selected pollutants in a general public toilet at peak and off times. The descriptive statistics was used to investigate the time series variation of the indoor air pollutants. The reactivity of the pollutants and dynamics of the indoor air pollutant were investigated using the wavelet transform concept and IAQX software respectively. The diversity of the pollutants and its implications in the indoor environment were investigated using diversity profile. The statistical relevance of indoor pollutants was carried out using beta diversity indices and the risk analysis of indoor pollutants was carried out using AirQ + software. It was discovered that the outdoor-indoor interactions, reactive chemistry and microbial transformations played significant roles in indoor pollutants depending on the ventilation of the building. Hence, for the public toilet considered, the reactive chemistry, microbial transformation and outdoor-indoor plays significant roles in descending order.