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Evaluation of Adsorbent Sampling Methods for Volatile Organic Compounds in Indoor and Outdoor Air

실내·외 공기 중 휘발성 유기화합물에 대한 흡착 시료채취 방법의 평가

  • Baek, Sung-Ok (School of Civil, Urban, and Environmental Engineering, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Moon, Young-Hun (Environmental Reserach Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology)
  • 백성옥 (영남대학교 건설환경공학부 대기환경연구실) ;
  • 문영훈 (포항공대 환경연구소)
  • Received : 2004.10.13
  • Accepted : 2004.11.02
  • Published : 2004.12.25
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Abstract

This study was carried out to evaluate the performance of sampling and analytical methodology used for the measurement of toxic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the ambient air. VOCs were determined by the adsorbent tube sampling and automatic thermal desorption coupled with GC/MSD analysis. Target analytes were 33 compounds including major aromatic compounds such as BTEX, and halogenated compounds. The methodology was investigated with a wide range of different adsorbents which are commercially available and have been frequently adopted for the VOC measurement. A total of 10 adsorbents were tested in this study: 6 carbon-based adsorbents such as Carbotrap, Carbopack B, Carbosieve S-III, Carboxen 1000, Carbotrap C, Activated Charcoal; and 4 polymer-based adsorbents including Tenax, Porapak Q, Chromosorb 102, and Chromosorb 106. The sampling performance was evaluated with respect to the sampling capacity of VOCs with single-adsorbent and multiple-adsorbents methods for standard samples and field samples. As a result, the best adsorbents for single-adsorbent method in the sampling of toxic organic compounds (including benzene, toluene, xylenes etc.) appeared to be Carbotrap, Carbopack B and Tenax TA. On the other hand, Chromosorb 102, Chromosorb 106 and Porapak Q were found to be unsuitable adsorbents for VOC measurement based on thermal desorption method. Multi-adsorbent packings were evaluated with 4 carbon-based adsorbents, which classified by 3 combination sets of double adsorbents and 2 combination sets of triple adsorbents. The results indicated that the most suitable combination for toixc VOC measurements is Carbotrap C with Carbotrap. Multi-sorbents tubes packed with a strong adsorbent such as Carbosieve S-III or Carboxen 1000 were found to be relatively unsuitable for several compounds, not only owing to the effect of migration of adsorbed compounds from weaker adsorbent to stronger adsorbent, but to hydrophobic nature of the adsorbents. Therefore, it should be addressed that selection of a proper adsorbent (or combination of multi sorbents) is extremely important to obtain reliable data for the concentrations of toxic VOCs in indoor and outdoor environments.

본 연구는 환경 대기 중 독성 VOC 측정을 위하여 흡착제를 이용한 시료채취와 열탈착을 병용한 GC/MSD 분석방법론 전반을 총괄적으로 평가하고, 나아가 각종 흡착제의 VOC 시료채취 특성을 비교 평가하기 위하여 수행하였다. 측정대상물질은 BTEX와 유기염소계 화합물을 포함하는 총 33개의 VOC를 선정하였으며, 조사된 흡착제는 상용중인 10종을 대상으로 하였다. 이들 흡착제는 총 6종의 탄소계 (Carbotrap, Carbopack B, Carbotrap C, Carbosieve-SIII, Carboxene 1000 및 Activated Charcoal)와 4종의 고분자 수지계 (Tenax TA, Porapak Q, Chromosorb 102, Chromosorb 106) 로 구분되어 진다. 시료채취과정은 단일 흡착관과 다중흡착관을 대상으로 표준시료와 실제 현장시료를 대상으로 재현성과 감응계수 측면에서 평가하였으며, 측정 정확성은 Carbotrap을 기준으로 평가하였다. 실험결과, 독성 VOC에 가장 적합한 흡착제로는 Carbotrap과 Carbopack B 및 Tenax TA 인 것으로 나타났으며, 강한 흡착제는 열탈착 성능이 떨어지고, 시료 중 수분의 영향으로 감도와 재현성이 현저히 떨어지는 문제점으로 인하여 적합하지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 3 종류의 이중흡착관과 2 종류의 삼중흡착관의 시료채취특성을 평가한 결과, Carbotrap C와 Carbotarp으로 조합된 경우가 가장 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 반면, 친수성인 강한 흡착제가 같이 충전된 삼중 흡착관의 사용은 수분의 영향을 최소화하는데 매우 세심한 주의가 필요한 것으로 나타났다. 결과적으로 흡착시료채취법을 이용하여 실내외 환경에서의 독성 VOC 농도에 대한 신뢰성 있는 자료를 얻기 위해서는 적절한 흡착제의 선정 (혹은 조합) 및 그에 따른 최적 분석 조건의 설정에 무엇보다도 세심한 주의가 요망된다.

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