Advanced Air Quality Control

Running head: ADVANCED AIR CONTROL QUALITY 1

ADVANCED AIR CONTROL QUALITY 5

VOC AND ES CONTENT PER UNIT

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Abstract

Volatile organic compounds (VOC) and ES have implications on the environment, health, and safety (EHS). The effects are both the natural environment and the anthropomorphic variables, and these are usually casually related to indoor air pollution.

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) are carbon-containing organic chemicals which in most cases, are found in indoor facilities with low concentrations. Many VOCs are usually considered odorous and are typically said to be causative to diverse health effects. VOCs are generally considered to be having various implications to the work systems, especially in environmental, health, and safety (EHS) issues. Some of the health issues that the VOCs cause include, in most cases, these usually make people have sensory irritation symptoms. These symptoms include irritation of the eyes, nose, and skin and even thought. The people who report these issues are workers who operate in systems with the VOCs in their systems (Spahn, 2018). Other problems directly related to the systems that do have the VOCs and ES in them include medical issues such as asthma, allergies, and other related respiratory symptoms. Many researches that have been done on this do find a direct linkage between these symptoms and VOCs.

VOCs, therefore, usually have very significant effects on the environment. When exposed to light, the VOCs react with nitrogen oxides (NOX) and, in some cases, carbon monoxide (CO). This usually ends up forming tropospheric ozone (03), which is usually referred to as the ground-level smog, which in most cases can stimulate plant diseases, inhibit seed production and even hinder the fertilization process. I.e.

NO2 + sunlight = NO + O

O + O2 = O3 

Certain VOCs such as dermal absorption had enormous effects on the bodyweight of the people who inhaled them or orally took them. For example, if an infant had a bodyweight of 8.69lbs after taking the dermal as a VOC, the infant would increase its weight by 0.7lbs to be 9.39lbs. These numbers would only go up as the VOCs are being taken by an adult. For example, an adult with 62lbs in weight takes dermal either orally or by inhaling; the adult would increase his or her weight by 1.3lbs (Spahn, 2018). Therefore, this calculation illustrates that there is a 10-factor difference between infants and adults.

References 

Spahn, H. (2018). Investigation of stable carbon isotope conditions in atmospherically relevant VOCs in simulation and field experiments (doctoral dissertation, University of Wuppertal, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences »Physics» Dissertations). Retrieved from: http://elpub.bib.uni-wuppertal.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-1706/dc0922.pdf