| Title: | "Robotic direct reading device with spatial, temporal, and PID sensors for laboratory VOC exposure assessment" |
| Author(s): | Brown KK; Norton AE; Neu DT; Shaw PB; |
| Address: | "NIOSH/HELD/CMBM, Cincinnati, Ohio. Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. NIOSH/DFSE/EPHB, Cincinnati, Ohio" |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15459624.2019.1657580 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1545-9632 (Electronic) 1545-9624 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "This study evaluated a novel robotic direct reading method that used a real-time location system to measure the spatial-concentration distribution of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a chemistry laboratory. The CEMWIP II is a custom-made sensor that measures VOCs, temperature, humidity, and location, sending data wirelessly in real time to a remote location for display and storage. In this study, the CEMWIP II device was mounted on a robotic platform to create a CEMWIP II-mobile platform. The autonomous mobile platform was released from a corner of the room and allowed to travel randomly along an open floor with the goal of characterizing the spatial distribution of VOCs and identifying their sources in the laboratory. The experiment consisted of 12 runs made of permutations of four corner release sites and four beaker locations, with two beakers containing water and two containing the solvent acetone. The autonomous mobile platform was tasked with locating the two beakers of acetone. The sensor had a detection limit of 100 ppb and the confidence of detecting a source within a 1.46 m(2) area was p = 0.0005 by ANOVA. The CEMWIP II-mobile platform was able to measure the spatial distribution of VOCs within a laboratory that were associated with open solvent containers" |
| Keywords: | "Air Pollutants, Occupational/*analysis Environmental Monitoring/*instrumentation/methods Equipment Design Humans Laboratories Occupational Exposure/*analysis Robotics/*instrumentation Volatile Organic Compounds/*analysis Cemwip Voc direct reading exposure;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineBrown, Kenneth K Norton, Amie E Neu, Dylan T Shaw, Peter B eng Evaluation Study England 2019/09/19 J Occup Environ Hyg. 2019 Nov; 16(11):717-726. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2019.1657580. Epub 2019 Sep 18" |
