Journal article
Effect of Calibration and Environmental Condition on the Performance of Direct-Reading Organic Vapor Monitors
Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene, Vol.9(11), pp.670-680
11/01/2012
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2012.725015
PMID: 23016630
Abstract
The performance of three MIRAN SapphIRe Portable Infrared Ambient Air Analyzers and three Century Portable Toxic Vapor Analyzers equipped with photoionization (PID) and flame ionization (FID) detectors was compared with charcoal tube sampling. Relationships were investigated using two different calibration methods at four cyclohexane concentrations, three temperatures, and four relative humidities. For the first method, the TVA monitors were calibrated with a single concentration of methane for the FID, and isobutylene for the PID. The SapphIRe monitors were zeroed and the monitor's manufacturer-supplied library was used. For the second method, a five-point cyclohexane calibration curve was created for each monitor. Comparison of the monitor results of each calibration method (pooled data) indicated a significant difference between methods (t-test, p < 0.001), The SapphIRe group had results closer to the charcoal tubes with the second calibration method, while the PID and FID monitor groups performed better using the first calibration method. The PID monitor group's performance was affected only at the 90% relative humidity (RH) condition. Using the first method, the monitor readings were compared with the charcoal tube average using mixed linear model analyses of variance (ANOVAs) and regression. The ANOVA results showed there was a statistically significant difference among readings from all monitor types (p <0.0001). The regression results demonstrated that the SapphIRe (r
2
= 0.97) and FID (r
2
= 0.92) monitor groups correlated well with the charcoal tubes. The PID monitor group had a similar correlation when 90% RH was excluded (r
2
= 0.94) but had a weaker correlation when it was included (r
2
= 0.58). The operator should take care when using these monitors at high concentrations and the PID monitors at high humidities, consider the variability between units of the same monitor, and conduct performance verification of the monitor being used.
[Supplementary materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene for the following free supplemental resources: a program listing, schematic diagrams, and other design details for the test automation system.]
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Effect of Calibration and Environmental Condition on the Performance of Direct-Reading Organic Vapor Monitors
- Creators
- Christopher Coffey - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Personal Protective Technology LaboratoryRyan LeBouf - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Respiratory Disease StudiesLarry Lee - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Health Effects Laboratory DivisionJames Slaven - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Health Effects Laboratory DivisionStephen Martin - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene, Vol.9(11), pp.670-680
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- DOI
- 10.1080/15459624.2012.725015
- PMID
- 23016630
- ISSN
- 1545-9624
- eISSN
- 1545-9632
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2012
- Academic Unit
- Biostatistics
- Record Identifier
- 9983997317502771
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