Testing High School Air Quality with the Dylos Air Quality Monitor Laser Particle Counter
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| IAQ| Testing the air for 10 minutes during a class change at a Houston High School. | |
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. |
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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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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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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. |
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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! |
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Cough and sneeze in your elbow or on your sleeve. |
4/21/2008
Air Quality Test Data
High School Houston
TX Class Change
3000+ students
April 3, 2008
12:20 pm class change
registrars
office
1 minute 96,800 (>0.5 micron) / 1,900
(>5.0 micron) registrars office
2 minute 95,900 (>0.5 micron) / 1,900
(>5.0 micron) registrars 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