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Relationship Between the Concentrations Of PM2.5 Indoors Obtained by Using the Optical and Gravimetric Methods: Preliminary Analysis Cover

Relationship Between the Concentrations Of PM2.5 Indoors Obtained by Using the Optical and Gravimetric Methods: Preliminary Analysis

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|Jan 2021

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Figure 1.

Statistical dependence between the concentrations of PM2.5 in the atmospheric air in Katowice, measured with a low-cost sensor, and data obtained simultaneously from a nearby air monitoring station
Statistical dependence between the concentrations of PM2.5 in the atmospheric air in Katowice, measured with a low-cost sensor, and data obtained simultaneously from a nearby air monitoring station

Figure 2.

Mass concentration levels of PM2.5 (Cgrav
) corresponding to the concentration values obtained by the sensor (Csensor
). Results are calculated according to equation (6) and compared to the experimental data. (Correlation coefficient = 0.9780; Spearman coefficient = 0.9746)
Mass concentration levels of PM2.5 (Cgrav ) corresponding to the concentration values obtained by the sensor (Csensor ). Results are calculated according to equation (6) and compared to the experimental data. (Correlation coefficient = 0.9780; Spearman coefficient = 0.9746)

Concentration of PM2_5 obtained by using the Grimm instrument, the low-cost sensor and the SKC sampler (gravimetric method)_ Source: [23]

DayConcentration of PM2.5, µg m-3 ΔGrimm% ΔSensor%
GrimmSensorGrav. (SKC)
27.10.20174.015.012.467.721.0
8.11.20178.330.017.352.073.4
22.11.201712.339.018.332.8113.1
17.12.201737.151.227.534.986.2
4.01.20185.113.010.451.025.0
7.01.201823.957.224.10.8137.3
14.01.20182.811.54.233.31173.8
20.01.201817.548.523.023.9110.9
28.01.201841.1117.646.611.8152.4
3.03.201821.564.331.030.6107.4
Arithmetic mean17.444.721.433.9100.1

Contribution of airborne particles with a diameter between 1 and 2_5 µm to the mass concentration of PM2_5 indicated by the Grimm instrument and the low-cost sensor

DayConcentration of airborne particles, µg m-3 PM2.5-PM1
PM1PM2.5PM2.5
GrimmSensorGrimmSensorSensorGrimm
27.10.20173.411.04.015.026.715.0
30.10.20171.03.01.44.025.028.6
3.11.20172.911.13.515.026.017.1
8.11.20177.619.08.331.138.98.4
21.11.20175.515.86.122.031.89.8
22.11.201711.328.012.339.028.28.1
17.12.201733.433.337.151.235.010.0
4.01.20184.59.35.113.028.511.8
7.01.201821.939.223.957.231.58.4
14.01.20182.69.02.811.521.77.1
20.01.201815.834.017.548.529.99.7
28.01.201838.874.541.1117.636.65.6
3.03.201818.143.121.564.333.05.8
Arithmetic Mean12.825.314.237.630.211.2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/acee-2020-035 | Journal eISSN: 2720-6947 | Journal ISSN: 1899-0142
Language: English
Page range: 105 - 113
Submitted on: Oct 26, 2020
Accepted on: Nov 23, 2020
Published on: Jan 27, 2021
Published by: Silesian University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2021 Jozef S. PASTUSZKA, published by Silesian University of Technology
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