Indoor and Outdoor Concentrations of Particulate Matter (PM10,  PM2.5) and Gaseous Pollutants (VOC, H2S) on Different Floors of a University Building: A Case Study

Abstract An occurrence of indoor particulate matters largely depends on outdoor pollution and its transportation indoors as well as on the presence of indoor pollution sources. Pollutants can flow from outdoor to indoor or indoor to outdoor under various conditions e.g. contribution of indoor pollutants to outdoor (in rural location with biomass fuel used for cooking) or outdoor to indoor in urban locations. This study aims to carry out an experimental investigation of particulate matter (PM) concentrations, temperature, humidity and air velocity during three days in winter season in Košice-Sever, Slovakia. Values of outdoor PM10 concentrations ranged from 12.58 μg/m3 to 6,627.51 μg/m3. Extremely high concentrations of PM10 were found near the traffic. Outdoor mean value of PM2.5 (21.82 μg/m3) did not exceed a permissible value of 25 μg/m3. Overloads by PM10 concentrations denote almost 108% and 2,270%. The indoor/outdoor (I/O) ratio was <1 for all fractions of particulate matters.

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Indoor and outdoor air quality monitoring in hemp house — Case study

Pollack Periodica ◽

10.1556/pollack.6.2011.3.6 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 63-72 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jarmila Rimbalová ◽

Silvia Vilčeková ◽

Adriana Eštoková

Keyword(s):

Air Quality ◽

Quality Monitoring ◽

Air Quality Monitoring ◽

Outdoor Air ◽

Outdoor Air Quality ◽

Indoor And Outdoor

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Indoor and Outdoor Particulate Matter Concentrations in the Vicinity of Plastic Waste Processing Industries

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1315/616/1/012015 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 616 ◽

pp. 012015

Author(s):

Sara Yasina Yusuf ◽

Nur Alis Addiena A Rahim ◽

Wan Zulaikha Wazam ◽

Dewika Naidu ◽

Ruwaida Jamian

Keyword(s):

Particulate Matter ◽

Plastic Waste ◽

Waste Processing ◽

Indoor And Outdoor

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A Study on Indoor Particulate Matter Variation in Time Based on Count and Sizes and in Relation to Meteorological Conditions

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13158263 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (15) ◽

pp. 8263

Author(s):

Marius Bodor

Keyword(s):

Particulate Matter ◽

Meteorological Data ◽

Monitoring Network ◽

Pollution Monitoring ◽

Quality Monitoring ◽

Air Quality Monitoring ◽

Indoor Location ◽

Particle Matter ◽

Indoor Particulate Matter

An important aspect of air pollution analysis consists of the varied presence of particulate matter in analyzed air samples. In this respect, the present work aims to present a case study regarding the evolution in time of quantified particulate matter of different sizes. This study is based on data acquisitioned in an indoor location, already used in a former particulate matter-related article; thus, it can be considered as a continuation of that study, with the general aim to demonstrate the necessity to expand the existing network for pollution monitoring. Besides particle matter quantification, a correlation of the obtained results is also presented against meteorological data acquisitioned by the National Air Quality Monitoring Network. The transformation of quantified PM data in mass per volume and a comparison with other results are also addressed.

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