消防员服装 (nomex) 的排气作为BTEXS的室内来源
Wioletta Rogula-Kozłowska1, Piotr Piątek1, Barbara Kozielska2
1Fire University, 52/54 Słowackiego St., 01-629, Warsaw, Poland.
Chemosphere
|December 23, 2023
概括
消防员的装备可以释放室内空气污染物. 托卢是Nomex服装暴露于模拟火灾后排放量最大的化合物,表明室内空气污染的潜在来源.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 分析化学 分析化学
背景情况:
- 消防员防护服 (nomex) 可以吸收和释放挥发性有机化合物 (VOC).
- 由于受污染的消防员装备造成的室内空气污染的程度尚不清楚.
- 用木材,加工木材和塑料的模拟火灾来评估潜在的污染.
研究的目的:
- 为了量化消防员Nomex服装的特定挥发性有机化合物 (VOC) 释放率.
- 调查不同火灾模拟材料对VOC排放的影响.
- 评估消防员装备对室内空气污染的潜在影响.
主要方法:
- 通过被动测量,,乙,,和 (BTEXS) 度.
- 使用管型轴向被动采样仪和气相色谱进行分析.
- 从Nomex服装采集的样本暴露于模拟火灾的排放在密闭的室内.
主要成果:
- 托卢是Nomex服装中排放量最多的化合物,不论是燃烧材料.
- 托卢的释放率在每件服装中从4.4至28.6μg/h不等.
- 每件服装的BTEXS总释放率在9.97至44.29μg/h之间.
结论:
- 消防员的防护服可以是由于VOC排放造成室内空气污染的来源.
- 托卢是被污染的nomex装备释放的主要污染物.
- 需要进一步的研究来减轻这些排放,并保护消防员的健康.
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