The
Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences Vol 11 No 1 (2007): 255 – 261
PM10 AND TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES
(TSP) MEASUREMENTS IN VARIOUS POWER STATIONS
Masitah Alias *1, Zaini Hamzah2,
and Lee See Kenn1
1Water and Air Laboratory, TNB Research Sdn. Bhd.
43000 Bangi,
Selangor
2Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi
MARA,
40450 Shah Alam,
Selangor
*Corresponding
author: ellyaa@yahoo.com
Abstract
The
quality of air that we breathe in every second determine by the amount of
particulate matter in it. These particulate matters measure by their
particles size. Those with the particles size less than 10 micron (PM10)
is used to monitor the air quality which in turn is related to the health
problems of the workers or public at large . The amount of PM10 is related to the amount of total suspended
particulates (TSP) in the air. The
amount of air particulates in the air
was measured using a personal dust monitor. In this study, the focus is
on measurement of air particulates namely PM10, and TSP measured in
TNB Research, Connaught Bridge Repair Shop, JPS Kapar, and Port Dickson Power
Stations. PM10 and TSP was
measured using mini volume sampler, and as comparison, personal dust was
measured using personal dust sampler. The choice of sampling locations in each
place is based on the source of air particulates to be measured. The results
obtained for PM10 are in the
ranges of 42.4 – 108.3 ug/m3, 88.8 – 103.5 ug/m3, 42.1 –
69.3 ug/m3, 35.31 – 196.86 ug/m3 and 35.71 – 428.57 ug/m3 for Connaught Bridge Repair Shop (indoor),
PD Power Station (outdoor), TNB Research (indoor and outdoor) and JPS Kapar
(indoor and outdoor) respectively. These
values are compared to the Malaysian air
quality guideline for PM10 set at 150 g/m3 and total suspended particulates (TSP) set at
260 g/m3.
Keywords: Particulate
matter, total suspended particulate, personal dust, PM10.
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