Monitoring Indoor Air Quality for Enhanced Occupational Health
Monitoring Indoor Air Quality for Enhanced Occupational Health
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DOI：
10.1007/s10916-016-0667-2
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发表时间：
2017-02-01
影响因子：
5.3
通讯作者：
Ferreira, Barbara Roque
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作者：
Pitarma, Rui;Marques, Goncalo;Ferreira, Barbara Roque
室内环境具有多个污染源的特点。由于人们90%以上的时间是在室内环境中度过的，有多项研究指出，室内空气质量对大量非特异性症状的发病机制产生了影响，这些症状表现为“病态建筑综合症”，涉及皮肤、上下呼吸道、眼睛和神经系统，以及许多与建筑相关的疾病。因此，室内空气质量(IAQ)被认为是影响乘员健康和舒适性的一个重要因素。目前可用的大多数监测系统都非常昂贵，并且只允许随机采集样本。这项工作描述了系统(IAQ)，这是一个低成本的室内空气质量监测无线传感器网络系统，使用Arduino、XBee模块和微型传感器开发，用于在门户网站上实时存储和提供监测数据。使用了五个环境参数(空气温度、湿度、一氧化碳、二氧化碳和光度)的微型传感器。可以添加其他传感器来监测特定的污染物。结果表明，该系统可以提供有效的室内空气质量评价，以防止暴露风险。事实上，室内空气质量可能与人们对优质生活环境的期望截然不同。像这样的系统作为公共卫生干预措施将会有好处，以减轻与“病态建筑”相关的症状和疾病的负担。
Indoor environments are characterized by several pollutant sources. Because people spend more than 90% of their time in indoor environments, several studies have pointed out the impact of indoor air quality on the etiopathogenesis of a wide number of non-specific symptoms which characterizes the "Sick Building Syndrome", involving the skin, the upper and lower respiratory tract, the eyes and the nervous system, as well as many building related diseases. Thus, indoor air quality (IAQ) is recognized as an important factor to be controlled for the occupants' health and comfort. The majority of the monitoring systems presently available is very expensive and only allow to collect random samples. This work describes the system (iAQ), a low-cost indoor air quality monitoring wireless sensor network system, developed using Arduino, XBee modules and micro sensors, for storage and availability of monitoring data on a web portal in real time. Five micro sensors of environmental parameters (air temperature, humidity, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and luminosity) were used. Other sensors can be added for monitoring specific pollutants. The results reveal that the system can provide an effective indoor air quality assessment to prevent exposure risk. In fact, the indoor air quality may be extremely different compared to what is expected for a quality living environment. Systems like this would have benefit as public health interventions to reduce the burden of symptoms and diseases related to "sick buildings".