ISSN : 2288-9167(Print)
ISSN : 2288-923X(Online)
ISSN : 2288-923X(Online)
Journal of Odor and Indoor Environment Vol.14 No.2 pp.121-127
DOI : https://doi.org/10.15250/joie.2015.14.2.121
DOI : https://doi.org/10.15250/joie.2015.14.2.121
Characteristics of particle and CO contamination in a smoking room caused by Korean tobacco
31 March 2015
11 June 2015
16 June 2015
Abstract
It is well known that smoking generates harmful air pollutants. With smoking in buildings as well as in the streetsprohibited, the need for smoking rooms has emerged. In this study, particle and CO contamination in a 63.6m3smoking room was experimentally investigated using Korean tobacco. Tobacco smoking was artificially simulatedusing a smoking machine. The number and size distribution of particles ranging from 10-420nm and 0.25-32µmwere measured using a Nanoscan (TSI model 3910) and a portable aerosol spectrometer (Grimm model 1.109),respectively. CO concentration was also monitored using an IAQ monitor (Graywolf IAQ-Xtra 610). Four tobaccoswere simultaneously smoked in each experiment, and the experiment was repeated four times. Maximum COconcentrations of 7-10ppm were observed and high concentrations of particles (176,000-1,115,000particles/cm3for 10-420nm, 3,700-5,200particles/cm3 for 0.25-32µm) were also monitored. The dominant size of tobaccoparticles was about 100nm in diameter.
