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An automated air infiltration measuring system using SF[6] tracer gas in constant concentration and decay methods

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SubjectAir flow/Wind pressure; air infiltration; measurement systems; gaseous state; air flow; buildings
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One method of measuring rate of air infiltration in buildings involves the use of small amounts of a tracer gas. The concentration of the gas, which is measured at regular intervals, provides the basis for evaluating the infiltration rate. In the following paper, two bases for such evaluations are discussed - the decay method and the constant concentration method. A system is described which automatically operates a portable electron capture detector/ chromatograph and measures parts per billion concentrations of sulphur hexafluoride (SF[6]) in air. It samples air on a 1-min. cycle. In the decay method, the slope of concentraion vs time on a semilogarithmic plot can be used to compute the infiltration rate. In the second method, the system injects SF[6] at the rate required to maintain the tracer gas at a fixed, predetermined level. The infiltration rate is proportional to the rate at which the tracer gas must be injected.
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  • ASHRAE Transactions 85, no. 2 (1979): 385–395.
LanguageEnglish
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IdentifierDBR-P-949
NRC numberNRCC 18835
NRC-IRC-1503
NPARC number20378643
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