The State of the Art in the Field of Non-Stationary Instruments for the Determination and Monitoring of Atmospheric Pollutants

Abstract

The growing interest in obtaining rapid and more reliable data on air quality indicates a need for non-stationary (transportable and portable) instrumentation. This trend results in the designing and manufacturing of new instruments that are more sensitive, selective, precise and accurate. This paper presents some examples of new instrumentation based on different principles. In the first part, a general classification of devices used for air monitoring and analysis is presented. Finally, the mobile monitoring system (MMS) proposed by the authors for air monitoring along communication lanes is briefly described.

Keywords:

• Air quality
• environmental monitoring
• non-stationary (portable, transportable) instrument
• automatic measurements
• real time monitoring
• continuous analysis

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The work was financially supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Poland, under grant No. 3 T09D 100 29.

Notes

¹Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number.

*in 2007 D_a = 46 μ g/m³.

**8-h sampling period value.

***in 2007 D_a = 8 μ g/m³.