Comparative Analysis of Volatile Organic Compound Purification Techniques in Complex Cooking Emissions: Adsorption, Photocatalysis and Combined Systems.

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are molecules present in our everyday life, and they can be positive, such as in the formation of odour and food flavour, or harmful to the environment and humans, and research is focusing on limiting their emissions. Various methods have been used to achieve this purpose. Firstly, we review three main degradation methods: activated carbon, photocatalysis and a synergetic system.

Exploring volatile organic compound emission from thermally modified wood by PTR-ToF-MS.

Thermal modification of wood is a well-known industrial process performed to increase the durability and dimensional stability or to change the colour of natural wood. The treatment influences many other properties of wood including the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). VOC release ultimately affects the quality of indoor air and the capability of having low VOC emission is often included as a key parameter for the attribution of quality labels.