Air quality in transportation cabins--Part II: air quality in a truck cabin. From: ASHRAE Transactions | Date: July 1, 2006| Author: Cheng, Xiaoying; Tan, Zhongchao; Tay, Richard | COPYRIGHT 2006 American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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A portable air quality monitoring system was developed to monitor the indoor air quality (IAQ) in a truck cabin that was used for in-city transportation. Temperature, relative humidity, and the levels of various airborne contaminants (CO, C[O.sub.2], N[O.sub.2], and particles) were measured in the truck cabin between August 16 and September 20, 2005. Temperature and relative humidity were found to be outside the comfort level recommended by ASHRAE. The concentra...

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