Air Leakage Measurements in Navy Housing in Norfolk, Virginia.

Abstract

Air leakage measurements by the tracer dilution technique were conducted in two separate three-bedroom apartments in the Willoughby Bay housing area, Norfolk Navy Base, Norfolk, VA. Sulfur hexafluoride was used as the tracer gas, and the gas concentration was measured with a portable electron capture gas chromatograph at 10-minute intervals during two-hour test periods to determine dilution rates. Air change rates were determined directly from the logarithmic dilution rate of the tracer gas. The procedures used were documented in detail for possible incorporation into a field measurement procedure that is being developed at the Civil Engineering Laboratory. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA049276

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  • P. L. Lagus

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Calibration
  • Civil Engineering
  • Dilution
  • Electron Capture
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Data
  • Meteorology
  • Regulators
  • Systems Science
  • Ventilation
  • Ventilation Ducts
  • Weather Stations
  • Wind
  • Wind Velocity

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