Open AccessMonitoring and control of particulate matter in indoor air: A review
Author(s) -
Anil Gupta,
M. M. Bhandari
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of applied and natural science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-5209
pISSN - 0974-9411
DOI - 10.31018/jans.v3i1.172
Subject(s) - particulates , ventilation (architecture) , environmental science , particle (ecology) , indoor air , environmental engineering , indoor air quality , meteorology , chemistry , ecology , physics , organic chemistry , biology
The review discusses the sources and concentrations of particulate matter in different microenvironments, their effect on human health, monitoring and their possible control measures particularly in office and residential buildings. Effect of various ventilation strategies on particulate concentration in air has been discussed. The calculations suggest that if the outdoor particle concentration is not more than 5-10 times the indoor particle generation rate, ventilation could be a very effective tool to control the indoor particle concentration. For coarse particles the choice of ventilation strategy is not very crucial, but for fine particulate slow rate of ventilation is more effective.