Thursday, 23 February 2012
Portable Model AE-42 Aethalometer

Aethalometer®
Portable Model AE42 Aethalometer


Fungsi :

Untuk mengukur konsentrasi black carbon di udara/ambien portabel Black carbon merupakan sisa pembakaran berwarna hitam berupa partikel yang keluar dari knalpot kendaraan

Aplikasi :

  • Mengukur tingkat pencemaran kendaraan diperkotaan
  • Mengukur pencemaran udara di pertambangan, terutama pertambangan bawah tanah yang menggunakan mesin diesel
  • Mengukur pencemaran di dalam angkutan transportasi

Segmen Pasar :

  • Lembaga Penelitian LIPI
  • Universitas
  • Lembaga Peneliti pembuat undang undang K3

Spesifikasi :

Measurement Principle    Incremental optical transmission absorption due to aerosol
                                             deposit collected continuously on quartz fi ber fi lter.
Analytical Method
AE42-2 (‘Dual-Wave’):        Combination optical absorption measurement at 880 nm
                                             (‘EC’), and 370 nm (designated as ‘UVPM’, interpreted as
                                             an indicator of aromatic organic compounds such as are
                                             found in tobacco smoke, PAH mixtures, wood and biomassburning
                                             smoke, etc.).
AE42-7 (‘Spectrum’):          Simultaneous measurement at 7 wavelengths for studies
                                             of aerosol optical absorption, atmospheric optics, radiative
                                             transfer etc.: 370, 470, 520, 590, 660,
                                             880 and 950 nm. Special ‘alternative wavelength set’ optical
                                             sources are available upon request.

 

Time Resolution (User setting)
                AE42-2: 1 hour to 1 minute
                AE42-7: 1 hour to 2 minutes


Intercomparison            Aethalometer readings compare 1:1 with chemical analysis
                                         for EC on parallel fi lter samples.
Sensitivity                       Proportional to fl ow rate, inversely proportional to time
                                         resolution - approximately 0.1 μg/m3 @ 1-minute resolution @ 3 LPM.

 

Noise Cancellation:       Short-timebase data may be integrated over longer periods
                                         to recover data exactly equivalent to higher-sensitivity
                                         operation at longer timebases.

 

Flow Rate (User setting)    2 to 4 LPM optimum, monitored by mass fl ow meter.
                                              Internal pump provides 2 to 6 LPM, stabilized by closedloop control.

 

Aerosol Sizing            Instrument collects all aerosol presented at inlet port.
                                     Size-segregating inlets (impactors, cyclones etc.) may be attached.


Note: In almost all situations, the vast majority of EC aerosol
is in the PM2.5 submicron aerodynamic size range (i.e. less
than 2.5 μm).


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