2024, Environmental protection, pp. 361-364
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Year-long measurements of the PM10 and PM2.5 in an apartment in Bor (Serbia)
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aInstitut za rudarstvo i metalurgiju, Bor, Srbija bComputer Centre Bor, Bor cUniverzitet u Nišu, Fakultet zaštite na radu, Srbija
email: visa.tasic@irmbor.co.rs, vladan.kamenovic@irmbor.co.rs, bojan.radovic@irmbor.co.rs, tanja.trujic@irmbor.co.rs, tamara.urosevic@irmbor.co.rs, zvonko@kcbor.net, milan.protic@znrfak.ni.ac.rs
Project: Ministarstvo nauke, tehnološkog razvoja i inovacija Republike Srbije (institucija: Institut za rudarstvo i metalurgiju, Bor) (MPNTR - 451-03-68/2020-14/200052)
WeBaSOOP - Research Reinforcing in the Western Balkans in Offline and Online Monitoring and Source Identification of Atmospheric Particles (EU-HE - 101060170)
Abstract
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The results of measurements the PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations in an apartment in the town of Bor, Eastern Serbia, are presented in this paper. Measurements were made throughout 2023 using a low-cost PM monitor placed in the apartment's living room. The measurement results were categorized on the basis of several dominant activities of the tenants, namely: morning activities, cooking, cleaning and sleeping. The average annual PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations in the apartment were 8.7 g/m 3 and 5.7 g/m 3 respectively. The highest average hourly PM concentration occurred during the cleaning activity with the PM10 concentration of 61.5 g/m 3 and PM2.5 concentration of 41.5 g/m 3. The lowest average of hourly PM concentrations was recorded during the vacation period with the average PM10 concentration of 5.3 g/m 3 and average PM2.5 concentration of 4.0 g/m 3. The lowest hourly PM concentration occurred during period of sleeping with the PM10 concentration of 0.4 g/m 3 and PM2.5 concentration of 0.3 g/m 3. The presented results indicate that the activities of cleaning and morning activities are the most responsible for increase the PM concentrations in the observed apartment.
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