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 can measure the air particles in the hallway and turn on an Air Cleaner or HVAC System to clean the air during 5 minute class change.
class-change.jpg (37049 bytes) 5 Minute Class Change

Some Houston High Schools have 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

>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.

4/21/2008

Hit Counter

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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