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Air Sampling: Presentation By, A.Mohan Raj

This document discusses air sampling techniques used to identify and quantify airborne contaminants. It describes personal and area air sampling to monitor exposures and assess sources of pollution. Integrated sampling over time is typically used to determine time-weighted average exposures that can be compared to occupational exposure limits. The key factors in air sampling are the sampling rate, time, and calculated sample volume, which is the rate times the duration. A variety of techniques are used to sample both particulate and gaseous air pollutants.

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Air Sampling: Presentation By, A.Mohan Raj

This document discusses air sampling techniques used to identify and quantify airborne contaminants. It describes personal and area air sampling to monitor exposures and assess sources of pollution. Integrated sampling over time is typically used to determine time-weighted average exposures that can be compared to occupational exposure limits. The key factors in air sampling are the sampling rate, time, and calculated sample volume, which is the rate times the duration. A variety of techniques are used to sample both particulate and gaseous air pollutants.

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Air Sampling

Presentation by,
A.Mohan Raj
Air Sampling
• A means of collecting contaminates from air to
identify and quantify the concentration of the
contaminates.
• Concentration are calculated in either
dimensionless terms: ppm or ppb
Personal Sampling
• Sampled taken in the breathing zone.
Area Sampling
• Fence line monitoring
• Evaluating engineering controls
• Smoke Stacks
Need for Air Sampling

• To identify & measure air pollutants.


• To monitor personal exposures to chemicals.
• To assess the environmental impact of
manufacturing processes.
• To comply with government regulations.
• To identify the source of the pollutants.
• To evaluate the effectiveness of engineering
controls (i.e., ventilation)
Grab vs. Integrated Sampling
GRAB SAMPLING
• This technique involves the direct collection of an
air-contaminant mixture into a device (i.e. sampling
bag, syringe, or evacuated flask) over a short
interval of a few seconds or minutes. Represents
the atmospheric concentrations at the sampling site
at a given point in time.
• INTEGRATED SAMPLING
• For gases and vapors, involves passage of a known
volume of air through an absorbing or adsorbing
medium to remove the desired contaminants from
the air during a specified period of time.
• Contaminants of interest are collected and
concentrated over a period of time to obtain the
average exposure levels during the entire sampling
period.
• INTEGRATED SAMPLING
• This type of sampling to cover the entire period of
exposure is required because airborne contaminant
concentrations during a typical work shift vary with
time and activity.
• Most integrated sampling is done to determine the
8-hour TWA and/or STELs to compare with OSHA
PELs, ACGIH TLVs and NIOSH RELs.
Sampling Time
Grab Sampling
• • ~1-minute

STEL Sampling (Short-term exposure limit)


• • 15-minute exposure

TWA Sampling (Time weighted average)


• • 8-hour exposure (typical personal sampling time)

Risk Assessment
• • 24-hour
Air Sampling - The 3 Factors
• When taking air samples - there are three factors in determining the
concentration:
1. Sampling Rate
• – Active Samplers – Requires a pump to control the flow rate
• – Passive Sampler – Design of the sampler dictates the flow rate “it’s
fixed” by diffusion

2. Sampling Time
• – How long of a sample do we need?

3. Sample Volume
• The sample volume is calculated by multiplying the flow rate x
sampling time:
Flow Rate x Sampling Time = Sample Volume
Air sampling techniques for particulate pollutants

• SEDIMENTATION
• FILTRATION
• IMPINGEMENT
• PERCIPITATION
• THERMAL PRECIPITAION
• ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION
AIR SAMPLING OF THE GASEOUS POLLUTANTS
• ABSORPTION SAMPLING
• ADSORPTION SAMPLING
• CONDENSATION SAMPLING

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