Continuous Sampling - Air Pollution Sampling
Continuous Sampling - Air Pollution Sampling
Categories of sampling
Source sampling
Ambient sampling
Industrial hygiene sampling
Residential and indoor sampling
Process or QC sampling
Sampling = monitoring?
Sampling - a proper technique use to acquire
a representative sample of possible
contaminated air or gaseous for later
evaluation or analysis of the quantity of
pollutants present
Monitoring – methods and equipment
designed to give real time or near realtime
information on air or gaseous characteristics
example concentrations.
Who sets standard method??
Environmental Protection Agency
American Society for Testing and Materials
American Society for Mechanical Engineers
American Council of Governmental Industrial
Hygienist
American Society of Heating, Refrigiration
and Air Conditioning Engineers
OSHDepartment
SIRIM
Continuous Monitor
BAM - PMs
TEOM - PMs
UVF – SO2
UVA - Ozone
IR - CO
Chemiluminescence – NOx
OFTEN NOT HIGHLY SENSITIVE!!!
Sampling + collect +
instrument
Following collections – concentrate –
instrumental analysis..
Gravimetric
GC – Gas chromatography
GC/MS – GC with Mass spect.
FID – Flame ionisation detection
PID – photoionisation detection
ECD – Electron Capture Detection
AA – Atomic Absorption Spec.
IC – ion chromatograph
EM – Elect. microscope
Air + Gas Measuring
Devices
3 Broad Categories
measure volume directly
measure rate of gas flow
A process of comparison of a
device in response to that of a
device that is know to be ‘correct’
Calibration frequency
Instrument characteristics - sensitivity
and experience with its stability under
similar use patterns
Instrument use - rough handling,
moving, heavy usage, and changing
environment
Instrument users - multiple users of
various skills increase needs for
calibration.
FLOW MOVING &
CONTROLLING DEVICE
Constant flow rate is very important as
measuring unit is usually in volumetric
unit.
Critical or limiting orifice
electronic and mass flow sensor
differential pressure flow controllers
? Instrument use this?
PM10 samplers
personal pumps
large variety of ambient air monitoring
and sampling instruments
Air Sampling Method
Gaseous pollutants
Particulate Matter
Gaseous pollutants
sampling methods
Impingers (Absorber)
Adsorbers
Cryogenic systems
whole air samplers
Particulate matter
sampling method
HVS
PM10
PM2.5
Polyurethane Foam (PUF)
Dichotomous sampler
Indoor particle monitor