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Research on the Effects of Environmental Factors on the Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds from Plastic Track

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  • Gan Liu

    (Research Center of Sports Equipment Engineering Technology of Hubei Province, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China
    Key Laboratory of Sports Engineering of General Administration of Sport of China, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China
    School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China)

  • Weitao Zheng

    (Research Center of Sports Equipment Engineering Technology of Hubei Province, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China
    Key Laboratory of Sports Engineering of General Administration of Sport of China, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China)

  • Hong Wang

    (Research Center of Sports Equipment Engineering Technology of Hubei Province, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China
    Key Laboratory of Sports Engineering of General Administration of Sport of China, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China)

  • Lin Liu

    (Research Center of Sports Equipment Engineering Technology of Hubei Province, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China
    Key Laboratory of Sports Engineering of General Administration of Sport of China, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China)

  • Yanrong Meng

    (Research Center of Sports Equipment Engineering Technology of Hubei Province, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China
    Key Laboratory of Sports Engineering of General Administration of Sport of China, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China)

  • Yu Huang

    (Research Center of Sports Equipment Engineering Technology of Hubei Province, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China
    Key Laboratory of Sports Engineering of General Administration of Sport of China, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China)

  • Yong Ma

    (Research Center of Sports Equipment Engineering Technology of Hubei Province, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China
    Key Laboratory of Sports Engineering of General Administration of Sport of China, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China)

Abstract

The volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released from a plastic track can cause stimulation and damage to the human body; the temperature, relative humidity (RH) and air exchange rate (AER) have a significant impact on the release of VOCs from materials. In this study, we used a 0.1 m 3 environmental chamber; a qualitative and quantitative analysis of VOCs released from a plastic track was conducted by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with a temperature range of 23–60 °C, RH of 5–65% and AER of 0.5–1.5 h −1 . The formation rate, the speciation, the nature of the main compounds and the mass concentration of VOCs under different environmental conditions were determined. It is shown that with the increase of temperature, the concentration of some main VOCs gradually increased and the C alkane and C oxygenated organic compounds were larger by 736.13 μg·m −3 and 984.22 μg·m −3 at 60 °C, respectively. Additionally, with the increase of RH, the concentration of different VOCs gradually increased. Nonetheless, the change in RH had no effect on the concentration percentage of different VOCs in the total VOC. With the increase in AER, the concentration of different main VOCs significantly declined, as did the VOC detection rate. When the AER was increased from 0.5 h −1 to 1.5 h −1 , the C alkane decreased by 206.74–254.21 μg·m −3 and C oxygenated organic compounds decreased by 73.06–241.82 μg·m −3 , and the number of non-detected VOC monomers increased from 1 to 7–12 species. The conclusion is that the increase in temperature and RH can promote the emission of VOCs from a plastic track, while increasing AER significantly reduces the concentrations of VOCs. Environmental temperature mainly causes the changes in the concentrations of different VOCs, and RH is a main factor leading to the variation in the detection rate of main VOCs. Overall, the release of VOCs from a plastic track is affected by environmental temperature, AER and RH in sequence. Through this paper, we clarify the effects of ambient temperature, RH and AER on the emission of VOCs from a plastic track, and furthermore, we determine the release characteristics of plastic track VOCs.

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  • Gan Liu & Weitao Zheng & Hong Wang & Lin Liu & Yanrong Meng & Yu Huang & Yong Ma, 2023. "Research on the Effects of Environmental Factors on the Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds from Plastic Track," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(3), pages 1-17, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:3:p:1828-:d:1040787
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