Mobile Fine Dust Measuring for Solid Fuel Burning Exhaust

摘要

Fine dust particles ＜ PM 2.5 from solid fuel burners such as chimney stoves, logwood, pellets, wood chips, bio mass, coal etc. are dangerous to health as humans do not have any immune system to very small particles resulting in cardiac -/respiration problems as well as damage of brain functions. Therefore in Germany a regulation (BlmSchV) for measuring of fine dust in exhaust has become effective since the beginning of 2013. Until recently far fine dust measuring was based on the gravity method which has its limits when very small values (＜＜100 mg/m~3) have to be measured mobile.Together with the well-known Fraunhofer Institut and the Technical University in Clausthal VERETA (Germany) have developed the first optical mobile fine dust measuring system which has been approved by the German Federal Environment Ageny (FEA). Also the Graz University of Technology (Austria) has in connection with the European PMinter-Project stated the VERETA measuring system to be suitable.