Testing High School Air Quality with the Dylos Air Quality Monitor Laser Particle Counter

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Testing the air for 10 minutes during a class change at a Houston High School.

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Dylos DC1100 Air Quality Monitor

Dylos Air Quality Monitor Laser Particle Counter measured the air particles in the hallway during 5 minute class change.
class-change.jpg (37049 bytes) 5 Minute Class Change

This Houston High Schools has 3000+ students in the hallway during class change.

More than 500 kids passed me during this 10 minute test.

Readings taken a 4 feet

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Class Change 5 minutes

Lung Damaging Dust Particles reaching the Lungs Alveoli.

>0.5 micron size particle count during the class change.

Started at about 100,000 particles / ft3.

In 8 minutes it was 3 times worse 300,000 particles / ft3.

It's typical 100,000 particles / ft3.

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Class Change 5 minutes

Dust, Pollen, & Molds Particles

>5.0 micron size particle count during the class change.

Started at about 2,000 particles / ft3.

In 8 minutes it was 10 times worse 18,600 particles / ft3.

A typical high pollen count day outdoors in Houston TX is 2,000 particles / ft3.

sneeze.jpg (52622 bytes) Sneezes are capable of spreading respiratory disease through the potentially infectious aerosol droplets that they can expel, which generally range from 0.5 to 5.0 microns in diameter.

A single Sneeze can send 40,000 tiny droplet particles speeding out of your nose at up to 100 miles per hour!

sneeze-in-elbow.jpg (17140 bytes) Cough and sneeze in your elbow or on your sleeve.

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Air Quality Test Data

High School Houston TX Class Change

3000+ students

April 3, 2008

12:20 pm class change

registrar’s office

1 minute     96,800 (>0.5 micron) / 1,900 (>5.0 micron)  registrar’s office

2 minute     95,900 (>0.5 micron) / 1,900 (>5.0 micron)  registrar’s office

bell / buzzer rings  --

Lunch Break Ends and the students return to the classroom

Hallway  Class Change   - Air Particle Readings Taken at 4 feet

3 minute     203,800 (>0.5 micron) /     7,900 (>5.0 micron)  Hallway

4 minute     231,800 (>0.5 micron) /   11,200 (>5.0 micron)  Hallway

5 minute     235,600 (>0.5 micron) /   13,800 (>5.0 micron)  Hallway

6 minute     252,300 (>0.5 micron) /   16,000 (>5.0 micron)  Hallway

7 minute     261,700 (>0.5 micron) /   17,600 (>5.0 micron)  Hallway

8 minute     276,000 (>0.5 micron) /   18,600 (>5.0 micron)  Hallway

9 minute     267,900 (>0.5 micron) /   17,600 (>5.0 micron)  Empty Hallway 

10 minute   260,500 (>0.5 micron) /  16,800 (>5.0 micron)  Empty Hallway

Air Monitor Results are in Particles per Cubic Foot

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