ASSESSMENT OF AIR QUALITY: PARTICULATE MATTER CONCENTRATIONS PM10 AND PM2.5 IN AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN FORTALEZA (CEARÁ, BRAZIL)

Authors

  • Phylippe Gomes de Lima Santos Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará, campus Fortaleza
  • Ricardo Luis Teles de Carvalho Alborg University
  • Adeildo Cabral da Silva Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará. Programa de Pós-graduação em Tecnologia e Gestão Ambiental

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X13744

Keywords:

Indoor pollution. Particulate matter. Health.

Abstract

http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/2179460X13744

The indoor air pollution can pose risks to the human health much larger than the air outside because about 90 % of people’s time is spent indoors. This paper aims to study the concentrations of particulate matter (PM10 and MP2.5) within the Federal Institute for Education, Science and Technology of Ceará (Brazil), in Fortaleza campus, aiming to meet the levels at which students and employees are exposed daily to these pollutants. We used the particle counter Aerosol Mass MeOne 831 ® to obtain the data of concentration of particulate matter PM10 and MP2.5 in five environments IFCE : 2 reception rooms ( P1 and P2 ) ; 2 classrooms ( P3 and P5 ) and 1 lab ( P4 ) . Were analyzed daily and continuously (every minute) concentrations of particulate material. The daily concentrations of ambient attended the Brazilian ANVISA standard for PM10 of 80 µg/m³, and international WHO PM25, of 25µg/m³. In analysis in continuous some high concentrations were found, especially in the reception rooms (P1 and P2). Were observed very high concentrations in P4 (Lab) during cleaning (> 600 µg/m³).

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Author Biographies

Phylippe Gomes de Lima Santos, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará, campus Fortaleza

Mestrando em Tecnologia e Gestão Ambiental, PGTGA-IFCE

Atua nas Linhas de pesquisa: Gestão de Energias; Qualidade do Ar

Ricardo Luis Teles de Carvalho, Alborg University

Mestre em Engenharia Ambiental, Universidade de Aveiro

Pesquisa em Queima de Biomassa e Qualidade do Ar interior

Doutorando em Tecnologia Ambiental na Universidade de Alborg, Dinamarca.

Adeildo Cabral da Silva, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará. Programa de Pós-graduação em Tecnologia e Gestão Ambiental

Professor Doutor (efetivo) do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará.Professor do Programa de Pós-graduação em Tecnologia e Gestão Ambiental

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Published

2015-05-30

How to Cite

Santos, P. G. de L., Carvalho, R. L. T. de, & Silva, A. C. da. (2015). ASSESSMENT OF AIR QUALITY: PARTICULATE MATTER CONCENTRATIONS PM10 AND PM2.5 IN AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN FORTALEZA (CEARÁ, BRAZIL). Ciência E Natura, 37(2), 345–355. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X13744

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Meteorology

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