2024/01/01 by Ellen Harding-Smith, David R. Shaw, Marvin Shaw +2 · 1 voice
Chemical Engineering · Engineering · Environmental Science · #Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies #Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure #Odor and Emission Control Technologies
paper · pdf · doi:10.1039/d3em00439b
openalex publication_date 2024/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
for regular and green cleaners, respectively. Speciated monoterpene emissions were applied to a detailed chemical model to investigate the indoor air chemistry following a typical cleaning event. Green cleaners generally emitted more monoterpenes than regular cleaners, resulting in larger increases in harmful secondary pollutant concentrations following use, such as formaldehyde (up to 7%) and PAN species (up to 6%). However, emissions of the most reactive monoterpenes (α-terpinene, terpinolene and α-phellandrene), were observed more frequently from regular cleaners, resulting in a disproportionately large impact on the concentrations of radical species and secondary pollutants that were formed after cleaning occurred.