TY - JOUR A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Horn, Wolfgang A1 - Richter, Matthias A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Volatile organic compounds from building products - Results from six round robin tests with emission test chambers conducted between 2008 and 2018 JF - Indoor Air N2 - Emission testing of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from materials and products is commonly based on emission test chamber measurements. To ensure the comparability of results from different testing laboratories, their measurement performance must be verified. For this purpose, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) organizes an international proficiency test (round robin test, RRT) every two years using well-characterized test materials (one sealant, one furniture board, and four times a lacquer) with defined VOC emissions. The materials fulfilled the requirements of homogeneity, reproducibility, and stability. Altogether, 36 VOCs were included of which 33 gave test chamber air concentrations between 13 and 83 µg/m3. This is the typical concentration range to be expected and to be quantified when performing chamber tests. Three compounds had higher concentrations between 326 and 1105 µg/m3. In this paper, the relative standard deviations (RSD) of BAM round robin tests since 2008 are compared and the improvement of the comparability of the emission chamber testing is shown by the decrease of the mean RSD down to 28 % in 2018. In contrast, the first large European interlaboratory comparison in 1999 showed a mean RSD of 51 %. KW - Construction product KW - Emission test chamber KW - Interlaboratory comparison KW - Proficiency testing KW - Rround robin test KW - VOC emission PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-526139 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12848 VL - 31 IS - 6 SP - 2049 EP - 2057 PB - Wiley AN - OPUS4-52613 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Comparison of Formaldehyde Concentrations in Emission Test Chambers Using EN 717-1 and EN 16516 T2 - Proceedings of Indoor Air Conference 2018 N2 - For more than 25 years EN 717-1 (Wood-based panels - Determination of formaldehyde re-lease - Part 1: Formaldehyde emission by the chamber method) is the standard for formalde-hyde emission testing of wooden boards. In 2017 EN 16516 (Construction products - Assess-ment of release of dangerous substances - Determination of emissions into indoor air) was published as a new harmonised standard for the emission testing of construction products. Because test chamber conditions are different, both standards give different concentrations for formaldehyde. To determine a conversion factor four test series were set up with different wooden boards. For a loading of 1 m²/m³ the conversion factor is 1.6. This means that the formaldehyde concentration measured under the conditions of EN 16516 is a factor of 1.6 higher compared to EN 717-1. T2 - Conference on Indoor Air CY - Philadelphia, PA, USA DA - 22.07.2018 KW - Loading factor KW - European standard KW - Construction products KW - Air exchange rate PY - 2018 SP - paper 627 AN - OPUS4-45630 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Richter, Janine A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Emissions of formaldehyde and VOC from wood-based building products T2 - Proceedings of Healthy Buildings 2017 Europe N2 - Wood-based materials are well-known sources for formaldehyde emission in the indoor environment. Different testing standards lead to different emission values for the materials. Such standards are compared in this study. Besides scenarios with varying loading factors, air exchange rates and climatic conditions were investigated to evaluate the formaldehyde emission potential of different building products. Under realistic indoor conditions used for the emission chamber tests, exceeding of formaldehyde indoor guide values were obtained. Results showed the need for improvement of wood-based materials with lower formaldehyde emissions and the adaption of testing parameters closer to realistic conditions. T2 - Healthy Buildings 2017 Europe CY - Lublin, Poland DA - 02.07.2017 KW - Formaldehyde KW - Emission chamber testing KW - Particle board KW - OSB PY - 2017 SN - 978-83-7947-232-1 SP - Paper 0175, 1-6 AN - OPUS4-41575 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Richter, Janine A1 - Jann, Oliver A1 - Wilke, Olaf T1 - Emissions of formaldehyde from acoustic tiles T2 - Proceedings of Healthy Buildings 2017 Europe N2 - Acoustics is an important aspect for large rooms especially in schools, kindergartens and offices. Foam tiles made from melamine resins are often used for acoustic insulation because they show good fire resistance and good thermal insulation properties. But they can emit formaldehyde. In Germany there are cases with a resulting indoor air concentration of higher than 100 µg/m³. In this study samples from two schools and one office were investigated. Additionally, new tiles were purchased and tested to evaluate the general potential as formaldehyde source. T2 - Healthy Buildings 2017 Europe CY - Lublin, Poland DA - 02.07.2014 KW - Building product KW - Emission test chamber KW - Formaldehyde KW - Foam tiles PY - 2017 SN - 978-83-7947-232-1 SP - Paper 0176, 1-2 AN - OPUS4-41574 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pech, Anja A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Horn, Wolfgang A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Analysis of very volatile organic compounds (VVOC) with thermal desorption GC-MS T2 - Proceedings of Indoor Air 2016, The 14th international conference of Indoor Air Quality and Climate N2 - Most VVOC were rarely considered in the evaluation of construction products. (Salthammer, 2014) In Germany this will change because the latest version of the German AgBB scheme for health evaluation (2015) now include VVOC, e.g. ethyl acetate and ethanol. In this study selected compounds were tested with the procedure described in ISO 16017 and a method for measuring VVOC with thermal desorption was developed. Three different adsorbents Tenax TA, Carbograph 5TD and Carbopack X were tested to analyse VVOC according to ISO 16017. For the tested VVOC, Carbograph 5TD showed the best results under the chosen analytical conditions. T2 - Indoor Air 2016, The 14th international conference of Indoor Air Quality and Climate CY - Gent, Belgium DA - 03.07.2016 KW - Thermal desorption KW - VVOC KW - Carbograph 5TD KW - Carbopack X PY - 2016 SP - Paper 889, 1 EP - 2 AN - OPUS4-37035 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Brosig, Laura A1 - Horn, Wolfgang A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Method-verification and optimisation of the standardised assessment of odour intensity regarding ISO 16000-28 T2 - Proceedings Indoor Air Conference 2016 N2 - Besides measurement of VOC emissions also the evaluation of odour emissions and the perceived intensity of odours gains in importance. Due to difficulties detected in the measurement method of the perceived intensity described in (ISO 16000-28, 2012) the introduction of “reference” odours will be recommended for the training of panellists and as basis for interlaboratory comparisons. In order to generate the “reference” odours standard liquid substances were directly injected into the main gas flow provided to the panellists. One of the substances tested was ethyl acetate. A pre-evaluation was conducted with six untrained panellists and has shown that ethyl acetate is potentially suitable as reference odour. For further validation of those “reference” odours they additionally will be provided to and evaluated by trained panellists of well established-measurement institutes. T2 - Indoor Air 2016 The 14th international conference of Indoor Air Quality and Climate CY - Ghent, Belgium DA - 03.07.2016 KW - Odour assessment KW - Perceived odour intensity KW - Reference odour KW - Emission testing KW - Building products PY - 2016 SN - 978-0-9846855-5-4 SP - Paper 568, 1 EP - 6 AN - OPUS4-38373 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Emissions of very volitale organic compounds (VVOC) from particle boards T2 - Proceedings of the 14th international conference of Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Indoor Air 2016 N2 - The latest version of the German AgBB evaluation scheme (2015) for construction products includes some VVOC, e.g. formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and acetone. For these VVOC so-called LCI values (lowest concentration of interest) were derived which are used for the calculation of the so-called R-value (risk index, see reference 1 for the calculation). Test chamber measurements of particle boards show that the emissions of VVOC might have significant impact on the R-value and therefore for the health evaluation. T2 - The 14th international conference of Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Indoor Air 2016 CY - Gent, Belgium DA - 03.07.2016 KW - Formaldehyde KW - AgBB evaluation scheme KW - Particle board KW - OSB KW - VVOC KW - Emission test chamber PY - 2016 SP - Paper 965, 1 AN - OPUS4-37030 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brosig, Laura A1 - Horn, Wolfgang A1 - Pyza, Lars A1 - Jann, Oliver A1 - Plehn, W. T1 - Round robin test for the implementation of odour measurements according to DIN ISO 16000-28 into the assessment of emissions from building products JF - Gefahrstoffe, Reinhaltung der Luft = Air quality control N2 - Odour measurements become increasingly important in view of the assessment of indoor air quality and the emissions of building products. Hence they need to be implemented into evaluation schemes such as the AgBB scheme. While there are already standards like DIN ISO 16000-28 and VDI 4302 Part 1 specifying the procedure of odour measurements using a comparison scale, no final validation of the method has been carried out so far. Therefore, a round robin test was conducted in 2012 with 12 participating laboratories that mainly consisted of the following two parts: 1) testing of the available comparison scales with respect to their operational performance and 2) execution of an odour assessment of an acrylic sealant using emission test chambers. Part one included the measurement of the air flow rates and the provided concentrations of the reference substance (acetone). Part two was conducted to test the performance of the laboratories and the applicability of DIN ISO 16000-28 and supplementary VDI 4302 Part 1 by assessing the perceived intensity and the hedonic tone of the air samples. Moreover, samples for VOC analysis were taken from the air in the emission test chamber on the 7th day of testing to allow for quality control. Resulting from this round robin test main deficits were detected and suggestions for the improvement of the odour measurement procedure were made. N2 - Im Rahmen der Bewertung von Innenraumluftqualität und von Emissionen aus Bauprodukten gewinnt auch die Beurteilung entstehender Gerüche zunehmend an Bedeutung. Um der daraus resultierenden Forderung nach Geruchsbewertungen gerecht zu werden, müssen entsprechende Methoden in bestehende Bewertungssysteme, wie z. B. das AgBB-Schema, aufgenommen werden. Als Grundlage hierfür bieten sich die bereits bestehenden Regelwerke DIN ISO 16000-28 und VDI 4302 Blatt 1 an, die das Vorgehen bei Geruchsmessungen unter Verwendung eines Vergleichsmaßstabes vorgeben. Da für die beschriebene Methode bisher keine Validierung vorliegt, wurde 2012 ein Ringversuch mit zwölf Instituten durchgeführt, der sich hauptsächlich aus zwei Teilen zusammensetzte: 1) Überprüfung der technischen Funktionsfähigkeit der verwendeten Vergleichsmaßstäbe und 2) Durchführung einer Geruchsbewertung für eine Acryldichtmasse mithilfe von Emissionsprüfkammern. Im ersten Teil wurden sowohl die Volumenströme als auch die bereitgestellten Konzentrationen der Referenzsubstanz Aceton bestimmt. Der zweite Teil diente neben der Ermittlung der Leistungsfähigkeit der Laboratorien vor allem der Feststellung, inwieweit eine Bestimmung der empfundenen Intensität und der Hedonik nach DIN ISO 16000-28, ergänzt durch VDI 4302 Blatt 1, einheitlich möglich ist. Aus Gründen der Vergleichbarkeit und der Qualitätskontrolle wurden am siebten Tag der Messungen zusätzlich Proben der Prüfkammerluft zur VOC-Bestimmung genommen. Mithilfe des Ringversuchs konnten Defizite sowohl technischer als auch methodischer Art festgestellt und Vorschläge für die Verbesserung des Vorgehens bei Geruchsbewertungen erarbeitet werden. PY - 2013 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-293110 UR - http://www.gefahrstoffe.de/gest/article.php?data[article_id]=75118 SN - 0949-8036 SN - 0039-0771 SN - 1436-4891 VL - 73 IS - 10 SP - 441 EP - 445 PB - Springer-VDI-Verlag CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-29311 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pech, Anja A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Mull, Birte A1 - Horn, Wolfgang A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Development of a TDS-GC-FID method for the determination of methanol and ethanol in air JF - Gefahrstoffe, Reinhaltung der Luft = Air quality control N2 - A method for the determination of very volatile organic compounds (VVOC) in air was developed and successfully tested for methanol and ethanol. Carbotrap300® (a multi-bed tube using Carbopack C®, Carbopack B® and Carbosive SIII®) was selected as sorption material for thermal desorption and tested for its suitability for emission test chamber measurements. The adsorption behaviour and the chromatographic results are influenced negatively by spiking aqueous solutions on the adsorption medium for calibration purposes. The latter effect can be reduced by blowing dry air across the adsorbent to remove the adsorbed water. Detection and quantification limits were determined for a GC-FID system and compared to GC-MS. The applicability of the method was tested with a methanol eliminating silane modified polymeric adhesive (SMP-adhesive for parquet) in an emission test chamber N2 - Eine Methode zur Bestimmung von sehr leicht flüchtigen Verbindungen in Luft wurde für Methanol und Ethanol entwickelt und erfolgreich getestet. Dafür wurde Carbotrap300® (Multibettrohr aus Carbopack C®, Carbopack B® und Carbosive SIII®) als Sorptionsmedium für die Thermodesorption ausgewählt und dessen Eignung für Emissionskammermessungen untersucht. Das Adsorptionsverhalten und die chromatographischen Ergebnisse werden negativ durch die Aufgabe von wässrigen Kalibrierlösungen auf das Adsorptionsmedium beeinflusst. Durch das Überleiten von trockener Luft kann dieser Effekt verringert werden, da so das adsorbierte Wasser entfernt wird. Die Nachweis- und Bestimmungsgrenzen wurden für ein eingesetztes GC- FID-System ermittelt und mit einem GC-MS verglichen. Mit einem methanolabspaltenden silanmodifizierten Polymerklebstoff (SMP-Parkettkleber), der in eine Emissionskammer eingebracht wurde, konnte die Tauglichkeit der Methode überprüft werden. PY - 2013 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-297020 UR - http://www.gefahrstoffe.de/gest/article.php?data[article_id]=76019 SN - 0949-8036 SN - 0039-0771 SN - 1436-4891 VL - 73 IS - 11/12 SP - 477 EP - 482 PB - Springer-VDI-Verlag CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-29702 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wiegner, Katharina A1 - Hahn, Oliver A1 - Horn, Wolfgang A1 - Farke, M. A1 - Kalus, Sabine A1 - Nohr, Michael A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Determination of formic and acetic acid emissions in indoor air or from building products JF - Gefahrstoffe, Reinhaltung der Luft = Air quality control N2 - Several construction and building materials, including wood, glue and coatings, are possible sources of very volatile organic compounds (VVOCs) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) like formic and acetic acid. Due to very high air tightness and very low air exchange rates in new buildings concentrations of these harmful substances can increase considerably. To minimize the risk, emissions from building products should be identified and quantified. With the common standard method, this means Tenax® sampling followed by thermal desorption and GC-MS analysis, these acids could not be detected sufficiently. The aim oft this study is the comparison of two different methods for the determination of acetic and formic acid. The sampling of method one, which is usually used for identification and quantification of VOCs, is done in accordance with ISO 16000-6 and ISO 16017-1 on Carbotrap® 202 multi-bed thermal desorption tube by subsequent identification and quantification with GC-MS. Method two is based on sampling on 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) cartridges, derivatisation, elution, identification and quantification of the derivatives with LC-MS/MS (liquid chromatography – mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry). N2 - Viele Konstruktions- und Baumaterialien, wie Holz, Kleber und Anstriche, sind mögliche Quellen für leicht flüchtige organische Verbindungen (VVOC) und flüchtige organische Verbindungen (VOC), wie Ameisen- und Essigsäure. Bedingt durch die hohe Dichtigkeit und den damit verbundenen niedrigen Luftwechsel in neuen Gebäuden können die Konzentrationen dieser gesundheitsgefährdenden Substanzen beträchtlich ansteigen. Um das Risiko zu minimieren, sollen Emissionen aus Bauprodukten identifiziert und quantifiziert werden. Mit der üblichen Standardmethode, die auf einer Luftprobenahme auf Tenax® und anschließender Analyse mittels GC-MS basiert, können diese Säuren nicht ausreichend detektiert werden. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist der Vergleich von zwei unterschiedlichen Methoden zur Bestimmung von Essig- und Ameisensäure. Die Luftprobenahme der ersten Methode, die üblicherweise zur Identifizierung und Quantifizierung von VOC genutzt wird, wurde gemäß ISO 16000-6 and ISO 16017-1 auf Carbotrap® 202, ein mit mehreren Adsorbentien gepacktes Thermodesorptionsrohr, mit anschließender Identifikation und Quantifizierung mittels GC-MS durchgeführt. Die zweite Methode basiert auf einer Luftprobenahme mittels 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazin-(DNPH)-Kartuschen, Derivatisierung, Elution, Identifikation und Quantifizierung der Derivate mit LC-MS/MS (Flüssigkeitschromatographie – Massenspektometrie/Massenspektometrie). KW - Formic acid KW - Acetic acid KW - VVOCs KW - Air sampling KW - DNPH PY - 2012 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-255911 UR - http://www.gefahrstoffe.de/gest/article.php?data[article_id]=65887 SN - 0949-8036 SN - 0039-0771 SN - 1436-4891 VL - 72 IS - 3 SP - 84 EP - 88 PB - Springer-VDI-Verlag CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-25591 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -