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Estimation of Mass Size Distribution of Atmospheric Aerosols Using Real-Time Aerosol Measuring Instruments

실시간 에어로졸 측정장비를 이용한 대기 중 입자상 물질의 무게 농도 분포의 추정

  • Ji, Jun-Ho (Center for Environment, Health and Welfare Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Bae, Gwi-Nam (Center for Environment, Health and Welfare Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
  • 지준호 (한국과학기술연구원 환경복지연구단) ;
  • 배귀남 (한국과학기술연구원 환경복지연구단)
  • Published : 2013.06.30
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Abstract

Real-time aerosol measuring instruments have been widely used for the measurement of atmospheric aerosol, diesel particulate matter, or material synthesis. A scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS) measures the number size distribution of particles using electrical mobility detection technique. An aerodynamic particle sizer (APS) is used to determine the number concentration and the mean aerodynamic diameter of test particles. An electrical low-pressure impactor (ELPI) is a multi-stage impaction device to separate airborne particles into aerodynamic size classes using particle charging and electrical detection techniques. In this study, the performance of these instruments were evaluated to assess their ability to obtain mass concentrations from particle number concentration measurements made as a function of particle size. The effect of determination of particle density on the measurement of mass concentration was investigated for the three instruments.

SMPS, APS, ELPI는 실시간으로 대기 중 입자상 물질을 측정할 수 있는 장비로 많은 연구자들에 의해 사용되고 있다. 하지만 측정장비의 특성과 입자 분류 특성에 대한 충분한 이해가 없다면, 단순히 장비에 제공된 소프트웨어의 계산 결과를 여과 없이 그대로 사용할 수밖에 없다. 본 연구에서는 SMPS, APS, ELPI의 측정 메커니즘을 간단히 정리하였고, 전기적 이동도로 입자를 분리하는 SMPS와 공기역학적 거동을 이용하는 APS를 함께 사용하여 입자의 크기분포를 측정할 때 발생할 수 있는 문제점을 고찰하였다. 크기분포 측정결과를 이용해서 무게 농도를 환산하는 과정에서 대기 입자의 입경에 따른 밀도 정보를 제공하는 것이 매우 중요하다는 것을 보였다. 특히, APS 측정결과를 이용하는 경우 무게 농도의 추정 결과가 크게 영향을 받았다. ELPI의 경우 입자 밀도를 정확히 설정하지 않으면 입자의 수 농도에 오차가 크게 발생할 수 있으므로, 정확한 밀도를 설정하는 것이 중요했다. 반면에 ELPI로 대기 중입자상 물질의 무게 농도를 추정하는 경우 밀도가 실제와 다르게 설정되더라도 공기역학적 입경으로 나타내면 총 무게 농도는 수 농도에 비해 상대적으로 영향이 적었다. 향후 SMPS와 APS를 이용하여 시간에 따른 크기 분포 변화와 연간 수 농도와 무게 농도의 변화 추이를 측정하는 연구가 필요하다. 특히, 국내 대기 중입자의 입경에 따른 평균 밀도 혹은 유효 밀도를 측정하여 크기분포와 총 수 농도 혹은 PM2.5나 PM1에 해당하는 무게 농도를 정확하게 계산할 수 있는 데이터 환산 프로그램의 개발도 필요하다. 이와 같은 연구로 시간경과에 따라 변화하는 대기 입자의 오염원에 대한 영향을 규명하는 기초 자료를 얻을 수 있을 것이다.

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