Size-Resolved Dynamics of indoor and Outdoor Fluorescent Biological Aerosol Particles in a Bedroom: A One-Month Case Study in Singapore
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This research was funded by the Republic of Singapore's National Research Foundation through a grant to the Berkeley Education Alliance for Research in Singapore (BEARS) for the Singapore‐Berkeley Building Efficiency and Sustainability in the Tropics (SinBerBEST) Program. BEARS has been established by the University of California, Berkeley as a center for intellectual excellence in research and education in Singapore.
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Indoor Air
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Citation
Publication Date
4-2020
Abstract
This study evaluated the interrelations between indoor and outdoor bioaerosols in a bedroom under a living condition. Two wideband integrated bioaerosol sensors were utilized to measure indoor and outdoor particulate matter (PM) and fluorescent biological airborne particles (FBAPs), which were within a size range of 0.5‐20 μm. Throughout this one‐month case study, the median proportion of FBAPs in PM by number was 19% (5%; the interquartile range, hereafter) and 17% (3%) for indoors and outdoors, respectively, and those by mass were 78% (12%) and 55% (9%). According to the size‐resolved data, FBAPs dominated above 2 and 3.5 μm indoors and outdoors, respectively. Comparing indoor upon outdoor ratios among occupancy and window conditions, the indoor FBAPs larger than 3.16 μm were dominated by indoor sources, while non‐FBAPs were mainly from outdoors. The occupant dominated the indoor source of both FBAPs and non‐FBAPs. Under awake and asleep, count‐ and mass‐based mean emission rates were 45.9 and 18.7 × 106 #/h and 5.02 and 2.83 mg/h, respectively. Based on indoor activities and local outdoor air quality in Singapore, this study recommended opening the window when awake and closing it during sleep to lower indoor bioaerosol exposure.
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DOI
10.1111/ina.12678
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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/33092
Citation Details
Li, J., Wan, M. P., Schiavon, S., Tham, K. W., Sultan, Z., Xiong, J., ... & Gall, E. (2020). Size-resolved dynamics of indoor and outdoor fluorescent biological aerosol particles in a bedroom: A one-month case study in Singapore. Indoor air.
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