Development and On-Field Testing of Low-Cost Portable System for Monitoring PM2.5 Concentrations

Recent developments in the field of low-cost sensors enable the design and implementation of compact, inexpensive and portable sensing units for air pollution monitoring with fine-detailed spatial and temporal resolution, in order to support applications of wider interest in the area of intelligent...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2018-04, Vol.18 (4), p.1056
Main Authors: N Genikomsakis, Konstantinos, Galatoulas, Nikolaos-Fivos, I Dallas, Panagiotis, Candanedo Ibarra, Luis Miguel, Margaritis, Dimitris, S Ioakimidis, Christos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air monitoring
Air pollution
calibration
Environmental monitoring
Field study
Intelligent transportation systems
Low cost
mobile applications
Particulate emissions
particulate matter
Pollution monitoring
Portability
sensor systems
system testing
Temporal resolution
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Recent developments in the field of low-cost sensors enable the design and implementation of compact, inexpensive and portable sensing units for air pollution monitoring with fine-detailed spatial and temporal resolution, in order to support applications of wider interest in the area of intelligent transportation systems (ITS). In this context, the present work advances the concept of developing a low-cost portable air pollution monitoring system (APMS) for measuring the concentrations of particulate matter (PM), in particular fine particles with a diameter of 2.5 μm or less (PM2.5). Specifically, this paper presents the on-field testing of the proposed low-cost APMS implementation using roadside measurements from a mobile laboratory equipped with a calibrated instrument as the basis of comparison and showcases its accuracy on characterizing the PM2.5 concentrations on 1 min resolution in an on-road trial. Moreover, it demonstrates the intended application of collecting fine-grained spatio-temporal PM2.5 profiles by mounting the developed APMS on an electric bike as a case study in the city of Mons, Belgium.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s18041056