Comparison of the SidePak™ personal monitor with the Aerosol Particle Sizer (APS)

Araceli Sánchez Jiménez; Martie Van Tongeren; Karen S. Galea; Kjersti Steinsvåg; Laura MacCalman; John W. Cherrie

doi:10.1039/c0em00739k

Comparison of the SidePak™ personal monitor with the Aerosol Particle Sizer (APS)

Araceli Sánchez Jiménez^*, Martie Van Tongeren, Karen S. Galea, Kjersti Steinsvåg, Laura MacCalman, John W. Cherrie

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The aim of this study was to compare the performance of the TSI Aerodynamic Particle Sizer (APS) and the TSI portable photometer SidePak™ to measure airborne oil mist particulate matter (PM) with aerodynamic diameters below 10 μm, 2.5 μm and 1 μm (PM₁₀, PM_2.5 and PM ₁). Three SidePaks™ each fitted with either a PM₁₀, PM_2.5 or a PM₁ impactor and an APS were run side by side in a controlled chamber. Oil mist from two different mineral oils and two different drilling fluid systems commonly used in offshore drilling technologies were generated using a nebulizer. Compared to the APS, the SidePaks™ overestimated the concentration of PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 by one order of magnitude and PM₁ concentrations by two orders of magnitude after exposure to oil mist for 3.3-6.5 min at concentrations ranging from 0.003 to 18.1 mg m^-3 for PM₁₀, 0.002 to 3.96 mg m^-3 for PM_2.5 and 0.001 to 0.418 mg m^-3 for PM₁ (as measured by the APS). In a second experiment a SidePak™ monitor previously exposed to oil mist overestimated PM₁₀ concentrations by 27% compared to measurements from another SidePak™ never exposed to oil mist. This could be a result of condensation of oil mist droplets in the optical system of the SidePak™. The SidePak™ is a very useful instrument for personal monitoring in occupational hygiene due to its light weight and quiet pump. However, it may not be suitable for the measurement of particle concentrations from oil mist.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1841-1846
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Environmental Monitoring
Volume	13
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c0em00739k
Publication status	Published - Jun 2011

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General Medicine

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