TY - GEN
T1 - A Comprehensive Review on Contaminant Transfer in Membrane Energy Recovery Ventilators
AU - Mathews, Ashwin Joseph
AU - Annadurai, Gurubalan
AU - Krishnan, Easwaran N.
AU - Simonson, Carey J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Membrane-based energy recovery ventilators (M-ERV) are becoming increasingly popular due to their significance in reducing the energy demand of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems. They reduce the energy consumption by energy exchange between the building exhaust and supply airstreams through an intermediate membrane. Various contaminants from the exhaust air may be recirculated to the supply air via the membrane of M-ERV. This can adversely affect the building’s indoor air quality. Compared to the energy performance, studies focusing on contaminant transfer (CT) in M-ERV are minimal. Membrane and contaminant properties and their interactions could significantly influence the CT in M-ERV. This study explains the effect of these properties and their interactions in detail. It could guide the selection of appropriate membranes to minimise the transfer of specific contaminants in indoor settings. It also provides guidelines for conducting future experimental studies on CT in M-ERV.
AB - Membrane-based energy recovery ventilators (M-ERV) are becoming increasingly popular due to their significance in reducing the energy demand of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems. They reduce the energy consumption by energy exchange between the building exhaust and supply airstreams through an intermediate membrane. Various contaminants from the exhaust air may be recirculated to the supply air via the membrane of M-ERV. This can adversely affect the building’s indoor air quality. Compared to the energy performance, studies focusing on contaminant transfer (CT) in M-ERV are minimal. Membrane and contaminant properties and their interactions could significantly influence the CT in M-ERV. This study explains the effect of these properties and their interactions in detail. It could guide the selection of appropriate membranes to minimise the transfer of specific contaminants in indoor settings. It also provides guidelines for conducting future experimental studies on CT in M-ERV.
KW - Contaminant transfer
KW - Energy recovery ventilators
KW - Membranes
KW - Selectivity
KW - Volatile organic compounds
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-19-9822-5_234
DO - 10.1007/978-981-19-9822-5_234
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85172733731
SN - 9789811998218
T3 - Environmental Science and Engineering
SP - 2193
EP - 2200
BT - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment
A2 - Wang, Liangzhu Leon
A2 - Ge, Hua
A2 - Ouf, Mohamed
A2 - Zhai, Zhiqiang John
A2 - Qi, Dahai
A2 - Sun, Chanjuan
A2 - Wang, Dengjia
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment, COBEE 2022
Y2 - 25 July 2022 through 29 July 2022
ER -