Table Of Contents
Abstract I
Undertaking Iii
Certificate V
Acknowledgements Vii
Abbreviations Ix
Table Of Contents Xi
List Of Figures Xiii
List Of Tables Xv
Chapter-1: Introduction 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Purpose For The Study 2
1.3 Research Objective 3
1.4 Scope 3
Chapter-2: Literature Review 5
2.1 Tracer Gas 5
2.2 Blower Door Method 6
2.3 Relevance Of The Study 8
Chapter-3: Methodology 9
3.1 Blower Door Method 10
3.1.1 Procedure For Preparing The Apartment Before The Blower Door Test 11
3.1.2 Procedure For Setting The Blower Door Equipment 11
3.1.3 Procedure For Conducting The Blower Door Test 12
3.1.4 Limitations Of Blower Door Testing Method 13
3.2 Tracer Gas Method 13
3.2.1 Procedure For Preparing The Apartment Before Tracer Gas Test 13
3.2.2 Procedure For Conducting Co2 Concentration Decay Method In The 13
3.2.3 Limitation Of Tracer Decay Testing Method 14
3.3 Pilot Study 14
3.3.1 Using Teclog 4 Software For Blower Door. 15
3.3.2 Observations From The Software. 15
3.3.3 Using Co2 As Tracer Gas For Tracer Decay Method 16
3.3.4 Observations From The Decay Curve 16
Chapter-4: Analysis Of Results 19
4.1 Description Of Apartments 19
4.2 Infiltration By Blower Door Method 20
4.3 Infiltration By Tracer Decay Method 21
4.4 Factors Affecting Infiltration In Apartments 25
4.5 Comparison Of Testing Methods 26
4.6 Discussion 32
Chapter-5: Conclusion 35
5.1 Limitations In The Study 36
5.2 Future Scope Of Work 36
References 37
Appendix 41
Appendix A: Documentation Of Experimented Apartments Showing The Position Of Co2 Logger 41
Appendix B: Ach By Tracer Decay Method For Minimum Sampling Duration 46