
outdoor environment is then:
dm
dt
¼ I þ C
o
Q
oi
C
i
Q
io
ð1:1Þ
where:
m is the mass of tracer gas in the zone (kg);
I is the injection rate of the tracer gas (kg/s);
C is the tracer gas mass concentration;
Q is the mass airflow rate (for example, Q
io
is airflow rate from indoor to
outdoors);
i subscript for internal environment;
o subscript for external environment.
In addition, the conservation of the mass of air gives:
Q
oi
¼ Q
io
ð1:2Þ
The mass of tracer in the zone is related to the mass of air M by:
m ¼ C
i
M ð1:3Þ
where C
i
is the concentration of the tracer gas in the indoor air. Combining the
last three equations, we get:
M
dC
i
dt
¼ I þ Q
io
ðC
i
C
o
Þð1:4Þ
since M is very close to a constant if the temperature is constant. In principle,
this equation can directly provide the airflow rate:
Q
io
¼
I M
dC
i
dt
C
ð1:5Þ
writing C ¼ C
i
C
o
.
This method is, however, very inaccurate, since very quickly the concentra-
tion may vary at random because of turbulence and non-homogeneities. It is
therefore better to take a time average by integrating it for a given period of
time:
ð
t þt
t
Q
io
dt ¼
ð
t þt
t
I
C
dt M
ð
t þt
t
dC
i
C
ð1:6Þ
hence:
ð
t þt
t
Q
io
dt ¼
ð
t þt
t
I
C
dt M½lnðCðtÞÞ lnðCðt þ tÞÞ ð1:7Þ
or, dividing both members by t
hQ
io
i¼
I
C
M
t
ln
CðtÞ
Cðt þ tÞ
ð1:8Þ
where the quantity between brackets hi is averaged over the time peri od t.
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