[en] In the frame of a FIRST-Europe project, the research team worked with a partner from university of Barcelona (Spain) and a company fabricating products to reduce moisture problems in dwellings. An original instrument was designed. It was based on the "electronic nose" principle. With suitable data processing tools and an adequate calibration, the instrument was able to distinguish, from the analysis of the gas phase, the emission of the clean material from the one of the same material contaminated by moulds and from the one of the product against humidity. Discriminating between different mould species was more difficult.
Research Center/Unit :
Fondation universitaire Luxembourgeoise
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Nicolas, Jacques ; Université de Liège - ULiège > DER Sc. et gest. de l'environnement (Arlon Campus Environ.) > Surveillance de l'environnement
Romain, Anne-Claude ; Université de Liège - ULiège > DER Sc. et gest. de l'environnement (Arlon Campus Environ.) > DER Sc. et gest. de l'environnement (Arlon Campus Environ.)
Kuske, Martyna
Language :
French
Title :
Développement d'un instrument d'évaluation des impacts de matériaux sensibles aux moisissures sur la qualité de l'air intérieur.
Alternative titles :
[en] Development of an instrument to evaluate the impact of moulds-sensitive materials on indoor air quality
Publication date :
2004
Publisher :
FUL, Arlon, Belgium
Report number :
MYCONEZ n°114900
Commissioned by :
FIRST Europe - Région wallonne DGTRE
Name of the research project :
Développement d'un instrument d'évaluation des impacts de matériaux sensibles aux moisissures sur la qualité de l'air intérieur.
