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Occupational Exposure Monitoring for Diesel Particulate Matter Using Two Sampling Methods

디젤입자 채취를 위한 방법의 비교

  • Received : 2020.04.28
  • Accepted : 2020.12.11
  • Published : 2020.12.31
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Abstract

This study was to compare the sampling efficiencies for monitoring of diesel particulate matter (DPM) using two different sampling methods; In-House PVC cyclone sampling heads and commercial airborne DPM (EC) sampling heads mounted on Dorr-Oliver cyclone heads. Personal exposure levels of DPM, analysed for elemental carbon (EC) were 0.004 - 0.2 mg/m3 for the loader drivers and 0.005 - 0.34 mg/m3 for the specialised mining vehicle (SMV) drivers were similar to previous study results. The highest result (0.34 mg/m3) might be from an irregular production schedule and multiple job tasks requested. The results using the two sampling heads were not significantly different and it is thought that the In-House PVC cyclone with 37 mm quartz filter could be used in place of the commercial sampler as a preliminary screen in place of using the commercial sampler.

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