Recent experiences on measurements

with new air quality sensors in environmental and laboratory conditions

Elías Díaz Francisco J. Gómez-Moreno Marcos Barreiros Lourdes Núñez Tomás Rivas (SequoPro) Adolfo Narros (UPM) Begoña Artíñano

February 13, 2017, RIVM, Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Status of Air Quality Sensors and their use in (official) monitoring strategies

CIEMAT Technology, Environment and Energy Research Center

Energy National Fusion

Laboratory

Environment Technology Basic Research

Group "Characterization of the Atmospheric Pollution" Urban background station

Aerosols Gases

DOAS-ER 150

LIDAR

TEOM

HTDMA

OPC

Nephelometer Aethalometer

SMPS

ACSM

Objetive 2: Selection and configuration of nanosensors for pollutant measurements

TECNAIRE Project (2014-2018)

Libelium Wasp Mote (Prototype)

Libelium Waspmote Plug & Sense

Smart Citizen

Solid state Electrochemical

AeroQual Series 500

Innovative technologies for the assessment and improvement of urban air quality

Laboratory Tests

Gas bottles

Ozone Tests

Libelium Prototype

Reference instrument

Libelium Plug & Sense

ppb ppb

Libelium Prototype

Reference instrument

Libelium Plug & Sense

Smart Citizen Sensor

a.u.

Smart Citizen Sensor: O3 interference a.

u.

AeroQual Series 500

Ozone interference AeroQual Series 500

Environmental Tests

Environmental Tests

µg/m

3 ppb

3 – 10 August 2016

CIEMAT Meteorological

Tower

Libelium Plug & Sense

Summary

• Four different new sensors have been tested • Need for calibration in all of them • Clear Ozone interference in the NO2 and CO

measurements • Some open questions: stability with time,

quantification limits…. • Meteorological sensors are working well

Acknowledgements

TECNAIRE-CM programme funded by the Directorate General for Universities and Research of the Greater Madrid Region (S2013/MAE-2972).

UPM-Telecomm School for Smart Citizen sensors

Libelium

Environmental Tests

Libelium Waspmote Plug & Sense