Biofiltration of indoor pollutants by ornamental plants
Hörmann, Vanessa
The impact of plants on indoor air quality and the examination of a putative interrelation between plant physiology and pollutant removal were investigated in the presented thesis. Moreover, the impact of plants on human well-being in the working environment was examined. Experiments in test chambers revealed that the uptake of pollutants (toluene and 2 ethylhexanol) by plants is very limited, i.e. a removal rate of 2 - 5 L h-1 m-2 leaf area, ...