Volatile organic compounds in environment / / edited by Ki-Hyun Kim.

• TeilnehmendeR: Kim, Ki-Hyun,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel, Switzerland : : MDPI,, 2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (130 pages)

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are released from both static and mobile sources (e.g., industrial, transport, household, fossil fuels use, and many other sources). They are emitted into the atmosphere, taken up by plants, and ingested by animals to be bio accumulated along the food chain up to the apex predator. Many of these pollutants are classified as being toxic/carcinogenic by varying degrees and pose a worldwide risk to the environment and human health. Exposure (through different exposure pathways, i.e., inhalation, dermal absorption, ingestion, etc.) to those hazardous pollutants can damage the immune, neurological, reproductive (e.g., reduced fertility), developmental, and respiratory systems of humans and animals. More efforts are thus needed to improve the method of their detection and treatment. This Special Issue aims to present articles emphasizing more than one of all the available tools to monitor or treat VOCs: (1) measurement techniques for VOC; (2) treatment techniques for VOC; and (3) all important environmental issues associated with the management of VOCs.

Table of Contents

About the Special Issue Editor -- Preface to "Volatile Organic Compounds in Environment" -- Wen-Tien Tsai Toxic Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in the Atmospheric Environment: Regulatory Aspects and Monitoring in Japan and Korea Reprinted from: Environments 2016, 3(3), 23; doi: 10.3390/environments3030023 -- Yinghe Jiang, Xuejun Lin, Wenhan Li, Xiaoying Liu and Yuqi Wu Study on the Kinetics and Removal Formula of Methanethiol by Ethanol Absorption Reprinted from: Environments 2016, 3(4), 27; doi: 10.3390/environments3040027 -- Jacek Gebicki, Tomasz Dymerski and Jacek Namiesnik Investigation of Air Quality beside a Municipal Landfill: The Fate of Malodour Compounds as a Model VOC Reprinted from: Environments 2017, 4(1), 7; doi: 10.3390/environments4010007 -- Birte Mull, Lennart Möhlmann and Olaf Wilke Photocatalytic Degradation of Toluene, Butyl Acetate and Limonene under UV and Visible Light with Titanium Dioxide-Graphene Oxide as Photocatalyst Reprinted from: Environments 2017, 4(1), 9; doi: 10.3390/environments4010009 -- David Hera, Vaughan S. Langford, Murray J. McEwan, Thomas I. McKellar and Daniel B. Milligan Negative Reagent Ions for Real Time Detection Using SIFT-MS Reprinted from: Environments 2017, 4(1), 16; doi: 10.3390/environments.4.0001 -- Andreas Schütze, Tobias Baur, Martin Leidinger, Wolfhard Reimringer, Ralf Jung, Thorsten Conrad and Tilman Sauerwald Highly Sensitive and Selective VOC Sensor Systems Based on Semiconductor Gas Sensors: How to? Reprinted from: Environments 2017, 4(1), 20; doi: 10.3390/environments4010020 -- Bartosz Szulczynski and Jacek Gebicki Currently Commercially Available Chemical Sensors Employed for Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds in Outdoor and Indoor Air Reprinted from: Environments 2017, 4(1), 21; doi: 10.3390/environments4010021 -- Annalisa Marzocca, Alessia Di Gilio, Genoveffa Farella, Roberto Giua and Gianluigi de Gennaro Indoor Air Quality Assessment and Study of Different VOC Contributions within a School in Taranto City, South of Italy Reprinted from: Environments 2017, 4(1), 23; doi: 10.3390/environments4010023 -- Gabriele Baldissone, Micaela Demichela and Davide Fissore Lean VOC-Air Mixtures Catalytic Treatment: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Competing Technologies Reprinted from: Environments 2017, 4(3), 46; doi: 10.3390/environments4030046 -- Thomas Schmidt and William A. Anderson Biotrickling Filtration of Air Contaminated with 1-Butanol Reprinted from: Environments 2017, 4(3), 57; doi:10.3390/environments4030057.