Effects of environmental and test conditions on VOC emissions from "wet" coating materials.

In this paper, numerical simulations have been conducted to study the effects of key environmental and test conditions (air velocity, temperature, film thickness, and sample application time) on volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from a "wet" coating material (wood stain). Simulation results indicate that air velocity and sample application time only significantly affect the emission profiles in the early stage. Film thickness, on the other hand, affects long-term emissions. Temperature can affect both the short-term and long-term emissions.