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Indoor aerosol modelings Joonas Koivisto, National Research centre for the Working Environment; jok@nrcwe.dk NanoSafety Cluster WG4, 11.4.2017 Outline Exposure modelings 1. Dispersion models 2. Source characterization 3. Engineered


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Joonas Koivisto, National Research centre for the Working Environment; jok@nrcwe.dk

Indoor aerosol modelings

NanoSafety Cluster WG4, 11.4.2017

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Outline

Exposure modelings

  • 1. Dispersion models
  • 2. Source characterization
  • 3. Engineered emission controls and personal protective equipment

Modeling Examples

  • Laser printer emission rates
  • Indoor air cleaner cleaning efficiency
  • Exposure modelings in a paint factory
  • Exposure modelings during nanodiamond handling
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  • 1. Dispersion

models

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Single compartment model

𝑒𝐷(𝑒) 𝑒𝑒 = πœ‡π‘„π·0(𝑒) + 𝑇𝐷(𝑒) π‘Š βˆ’ πœ‡ + 𝛿 + πœ• 𝐷(𝑒)

Terms and parameters: C(t) m-3 Indoor aerosol concentration Co(t) m-3 Outdoor aerosol concentration Ξ» s-1 Ventilation rate P - Particle penetration factor S(t) # s-1 Indoor particle source V m3 Compartment volume Ξ³ s-1 Particle deposition rate Ο‰ s-1 Particle coagulation rate Q m3 s-1 Ventilation flow Background particles from ventilation air Particle removal by ventilation, deposition, and coagulation

Usually Co = 0, and Ξ³ Β« Ξ» and Ο‰ Β« Ξ»: 𝑒𝐷(𝑒) 𝑒𝑒 = 𝑇𝐷(𝑒) π‘Š βˆ’ πœ‡π·(𝑒)

Emission source Compartment concentration

Assumptions:

  • Particles are fully mixed at all

times

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Two compartment model (incl. Deposition and coagulation)

Assumptions:

  • Particles are fully mixed at all

times in the NF and FF

  • No significant cross-draft
  • Limited air exchange between

NF and FF volumes (3 m3 min-1 < Ξ² < 30 m3 min-1; Cherrie, 1999)

  • Particle losses via ventilation

and deposition Zhang et al., (2009) describes the NF/FF model in detail.

A Near Field/Far Field (NF/FF) model:

π‘ŠπΊπΊ 𝑒𝐷𝐺𝐺(𝑒) 𝑒𝑒 = 𝛾𝐷𝐺𝐺 𝑒 βˆ’ 𝛾 + 𝑅 𝐷𝐺𝐺 𝑒 βˆ’ πœ‡π‘’,𝑂𝐺𝐷𝐺𝐺 𝑒 + 𝐾𝑑𝑝𝑏𝑕,𝐺𝐺 π‘Šπ‘‚πΊ 𝑒𝐷𝑂𝐺(𝑒) 𝑒𝑒 = 𝐹𝑆𝑗(𝑒) + 𝛾𝐷𝐺𝐺 𝑒 βˆ’ 𝛾𝐷𝑂𝐺 𝑒 βˆ’ πœ‡π‘’,𝑂𝐺𝐷𝑂𝐺 𝑒 + 𝐾𝑑𝑝𝑏𝑕,𝑂𝐺

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  • 2. Source

characterization

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Particle emission source (# s-1) characterization

Chamber measurements

1.

In steady-state (

𝑒𝐷(𝑒) 𝑒𝑒

= 0; Co = 0, and Ξ³ Β« Ξ» and Ο‰ Β« Ξ»):

𝑒𝐷(𝑒) 𝑒𝑒

=

𝑇𝐷(𝑒) π‘Š

βˆ’ πœ‡π· 𝑒 = 0 𝑇𝐷(𝑒) = πœ‡π‘Šπ·(𝑒)

  • 2. Non-steady-state: The

mathematical difference between measured and simulated concentration (Hussein et al. 2006)

  • 3. Convolution theorem (Schripp et
  • al. 2008)

Powder dustiness measurements

Dim, [mg kg-1] 𝑇𝑑 = 𝐸𝐽𝑑 βˆ™ 𝐼 βˆ™ 𝑒𝑁 𝑒𝑒

Terms and parameters:

  • DIc

# kg-1 Dustiness index

  • H
  • The handling energy factor
  • 𝑒𝑁

𝑒𝑒

kg s-1 The powder use rate

Schneider and Jensen (2008)

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Particle emission source library

  • Process and material specific emission source library:
  • Quantitative material releases from articles containing

manufactured nanomaterials (Koivisto et al. 2017)

  • Dustiness library
  • Collation of data as

part of the EU FP7 SUN project

100 1000 10000 100000 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Ranked Sample Order DI(Inh) [mg/Kg] Very Low Low Moderate High Need for Very High? 2 of 66 "NM" above 25000 mg/Kg

Dustiness indices from small rotating drum method

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Library Format

Study information Process information: e.g. sanding and details, Materials: matrix, NM con- centration,… Fragments information: density, description of released fragments Material Removal Rate or use rate, Size-resolved release rates: Sm (Β΅g/sec), SSA (Β΅m2/sec), SN (1/sec) Traceability, transparency Usability, link to reality, grouping Tier 1 information for EHS assessment (fraction of bioavailable NM, shape, elemental compositions,…) Quantitative release rate for dispersion models. MRR is used to estimate surface contamination and environmental release. Statistical analysis οƒ  grouping and read-across rules Dynamic tranformation Tier 2 information for EHS assessment Dose-response Hazard library

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Study Gomez et al. (2014) Reference/contact information N Process Sanding Process details Metabo FSR200 hand-held sanding machine where the dust collector cartridge was removed (user modified) and equipped with a sanding paper with a grit size of 120. Sn include sanding machine electric engine emissions. Matrix Acryl binder Matrix details Paint matrix: water, propylene glycol, Uradil AZ XP 601Z44, and others NM TiO2 NM vendor N/A NM product name Nano Amor and NaBond TiO2 rutile NM concentration (wt.%) 36 NM state Embedded MN PP size (nm) NaBond 80 nm and Nano Amor 50 nm Other information for materials and methods NaBond specific surface area of 28.2 m2/g and Nano Amor specific surface area of 139.1 m2/g Process rate (mg/sec) N/A Released fragments Sanding of the paints produced airborne particles mainly > 1Β΅m in size. Free TiO2 particles were not observed. Fragments density (g/cm3) 2.1628 Notes Density calculated as 36 % (TiO2 rutile) of 4.23 g/cm3 and 64 % density of 1 g/cm3 Mass emission Sm (ug/sec) 6800 GMDm (um) 3.6 GSDm 2 Notes Sanding machine electric engine emissions are neglected from the emission rate. Sm is for particles <10 um in diameter. Surface area emission Ssa (ug/sec) NaN GMDsa (um) NaN GSDsa NaN Notes N Number emission Sn (1/sec) 2.50E+09 GMD (um) 0.56 GSD 1.9 Notes Sanding machine electric engine emissions are excluded Dp1 (um) 9.89E-03 Dp2 2.13E-02 Dp3 3.95E-02 Dp4 7.29E-02

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  • 3. Emission

controls and PPE

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Emission and exposure controls

  • Engineered Control equipment (EC) and air circulation trough filter:

𝑒𝐷(𝑒) 𝑒𝑒 = πœ‡π‘„

𝑝𝐷𝑝 𝑒 + 𝑇𝐷 𝑒

π‘Š βˆ™ 𝑄𝐹𝐷 βˆ’ πœ‡ + 𝛿 + πœ• 𝐷 𝑒 + πœ€(𝑄

𝑔 βˆ’ 1)𝐷 𝑒

where 0<P<1 (0 = perfect filtration, 1 = no filtration)

  • Personal protective equipment (PPE):

π·π‘—π‘œβ„Ž(𝑒) = 𝐷(𝑒) βˆ™ 𝑄𝑄𝑄𝐹

Respirator study (Koivisto et al. 2015) Air cleaner study (MΓΈlgaard et al. 2014)

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Emission Control Efficiency Library for nanomaterials (ECEL) by TNO

Study Control measure Activity/process NM PSD (device/range) N AvEffect % SD Median 5th perc Min Max 1,2 Containment Loading in compounding process, harvesting Nanoalumina, nanoclay, graphene platelets all data (5βˆ’560 nm) 15 96,1 12,8 99,9919 80,9 50,3 99,9992 Containment (high level) 5βˆ’560 nm 8 99,890 0,26 99,48 99,3 99,9992 Containment (medium level) 200nm 7 91,7 18,4 63,4 50,3 99,9989 3,4 Fixed capturing hood Reactor clean-out, welding Mostly metals/oxides all data (<20Β΅m) 26 94,1 7,1 95,8 79,5 74,6 100,000 45-216 nm 1 87,5 300-500 nm 3 97,85 3,7 <1Β΅m 11 95,1 6,7 85,0 85,0 100,00 1Β΅m-10Β΅m 12 94,3 6,7 83,9 74,6 100,00 >10Β΅m 3 90,3 11,2 3,4 Movable capturing hood Synthesis/handling; welding Mostly metals/oxides all data (<10Β΅m) 5 88,2 8,5 90,4 77,5 75,9 97,3 Welding fume 45-216 nm 1 97,3 1 Enclosing hood (process blower) Reactor, tank cleaning Graphene platelets 5.6βˆ’560 nm 1 74,6 5,6 Fume cupboard (without glove bags) Reactor set-up & handling; sanding TiO2, CNT all data (<1Β΅m) 3 81,1 20,8 91,0 60,5 57,1 95,0 TiO2 30-50 nm 1 95,0 7 Wetting at point of release Cutting band saw Base carbon all data (0.5-20Β΅m) 3 87,9 17,3 96,4 70,8 67,9 99,3 5.6 to 560 nm 1 67,9 10 Unidirectional room airflow systems (spray rooms) Sanding (hand) CNT 20-10000nm 2 91,7 7,5 89,0 88,7 94,8 20-300nm 1 88,7 8 Unidirectional room airflow systems (not specified) Solution spraying CNT 14-630 nm (52*1473nm β†’ 56- 1760nm) 1 84,0 12 Glove boxes Handling powders, polishing, scratching, drying CNT 20-1000nm 2 97,2

… …

… … … … … … … … … …

See Fransman et al. (2008) ECEL for dusts

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Multi-compartment Indoor aerosol modeling

FF NF; Sc 𝜺, Pf Po Co

X X

π‘ŠπΊπΊ 𝑒𝐷𝐺𝐺(𝑒) 𝑒𝑒 = 𝛾𝐷𝐺𝐺 𝑒 βˆ’ 𝛾 + 𝑅 𝐷𝐺𝐺 𝑒 βˆ’ πœ‡π‘’,𝑂𝐺𝐷𝐺𝐺 𝑒 + 𝐾𝑑𝑝𝑏𝑕,𝐺𝐺 + πœ€(𝑄

𝑔 βˆ’ 1)𝐷 𝑒

π‘Šπ‘‚πΊ 𝑒𝐷𝑂𝐺(𝑒) 𝑒𝑒 = 𝐹𝑆𝑗(𝑒) + 𝛾𝐷𝐺𝐺 𝑒 βˆ’ 𝛾𝐷𝑂𝐺 𝑒 βˆ’ πœ‡π‘’,𝑂𝐺𝐷𝑂𝐺 𝑒 + 𝐾𝑑𝑝𝑏𝑕,𝑂𝐺

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Modeling examples: A.

Laser printer emission rates B. Indoor air cleaner cleaning efficiency

  • C. Exposure modelings in a paint factory
  • D. Exposure modelings during nanodiamond

handling

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A) Particle emissions from laser printers (Koivisto et al. 2010)

  • 1. Put a source into a well controlled environment
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Concentrations and indoor aerosol modelings

Particle concentrations during pre-operation and printing phases Lai and Nazaroff (2000) Measured Korhonen et al., (2004) 𝑒𝑂𝑗(𝑒) 𝑒𝑒 = 𝑻𝑢𝒋(𝒖) π‘Š βˆ’ πœ‡ + 𝛿𝑗 + πœ•π‘— 𝑂𝑗(𝑒) Solve

  • 2. Measure concentrations
  • 3. Define deposition rates when 𝑇𝑂𝑗 𝑒 = 0, 𝑂𝑗 𝑒 β‰ͺ 104 cm-3

οƒ 

𝑒𝑂𝑗(𝑒) 𝑒𝑒

β‰ˆ βˆ’ πœ‡ + 𝛿𝑗 𝑂𝑗(𝑒) (πœ‡ is known)

  • 4. Solve emission rates
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Time and size resolved emission rates from laser printers

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Modeled particle concentrations in a

  • ffice

𝑒𝑢𝒋(𝒖) 𝑒𝑒 = πœ‡π‘„π·0 𝑒 + 𝑇𝑂𝑗(𝑒) π‘Š βˆ’ πœ‡ + 𝛿𝑗 + πœ•π‘— 𝑢𝒋(𝒖)

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B) Air clearer test

(MΓΈlgaard et al. 2014)

Blue parameters are known

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Air cleaner effect on indoor particle concentrations

Air exchange ratio [h-1] N, [cm-3] Ncleaner , [cm-3] Cleaning efficiency, P* 0.5 3800 1250 66 % 2 2180 1370 38 % *𝑄 = 1 βˆ’

π‘‚π‘‘π‘šπ‘“π‘π‘œπ‘“π‘  𝑂

Γ— 100 % 𝑒𝐷(𝑒) 𝑒𝑒 = πœ‡π‘„

𝑝𝐷𝑝 𝑒 + 𝑇𝐷 𝑒

π‘Š βˆ’ πœ‡ + 𝛿 + πœ• 𝐷 𝑒 + πœ€(𝑄

𝑔 βˆ’ 1)𝐷 𝑒

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C) Pouring of 25 kg and 500 kg bags in a paint factory (Koivisto et al., 2015)

NF measurements

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Measured NF PM4 concentrations

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Measured and modeled NF PM4 concentrations

𝑇𝑑 = 𝐸𝐽𝑑 βˆ™ 𝑒𝑁 𝑒𝑒

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Process specific NF PM4 concentrations

Pouring process n DM, (mg m-3) NF/FF, (mg m-3) 500 kg RD3 4 0.08 0.37 500 kg TR92 5 0.36 0.2 500 kg Microdol 2 0.77 1.1 25 kg RD3 10 0.17 0.1 25 kg Micro Mica 17 0.31 0.78 25 kg SatinTone 16 0.98 0.41 25 kg Microdol 11 0.25 0.55

  • NF/FF without emission controls or emission source scaling

οƒ  (PLC=1 and H = 1)

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Sieving and handling nanodiamonds

(Koivisto et al. 2014)

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Modelled concentrations

Ξ» 2 h-1 Ventilation rate (Known) VFF 245 m3 Compartment volume (Known) VNF 8 m3 NF volume (Guessed, same as Cherrie 1999) Ξ² 22.5 h-1 Corresponding to QNF,FF = 3 m3 min-1 (Guessed)

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Process specific concentrations

Sieving in a fume hood Sieving in a room Cleaning Emission rates, [ΞΌg min-1] Sm 1.9 15.2 4.0 Mass concentrations, [ΞΌg m-3] Measured 0.24 4.96 1.54 Modeled NF 0.78 6.27 2.7 Modeled FF 0.16 1.19 1.17 Modeled Single box 0.17 0.78 0.16 }

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Summary of exposure modelings

  • We have tools for PM exposure assessment
  • 1. Dispersion models
  • 2. Source libraries (limited information only)
  • 3. Engineered control efficiency libraries (ECEL)
  • Uncertainty studies are needed οƒ  Workplace

measurements with high quality conceptual information for model testing!!!

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References

Cherrie JW. (1999) The Effect of Room Size and General Ventilation on the Relationship Between Near and Far-Field Concentrations. Appl Occup Environ Hyg; 14: 539-546. Fransman W, Schinkel J, Meijster T, Van Hemmen J, Tielemans E, Goede H. (2008) Development and Evaluation of an Exposure Control Efficacy Library (ECEL). Ann Occup Hyg; 52: 567-575. Hussein, T., Glytsos, T., OndrΓ‘cek, J., ZdΓ­mal, V., HΓ€meri, K., Lazaridis, M., Smolik, J., Kulmala, M.,

  • 2006. Particle size characterization and emission rates during indoor activities in a house. Atmospheric

Environment 40, 4285-4307. Koivisto A.J., Hussein T., NiemelÀ R., Tuomi T., and HÀmeri K. (2010). Impact of particle emissions of new laser printers on modeled office room. Atmospheric Environment 44, 2140-2146. Koivisto A.J., PalomÀki J.E., Viitanen A.-K., Siivola K.M., Koponen I.K., Mingzhou Y., Kanerva T., Norppa H., Alenius H.T., Hussein T., Savolainen K.M., HÀmeri K. (2014) Range-Finding Risk Assessment of Inhalation Exposure to Nanodiamonds in a Laboratory Environment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 11:5382-5402. Koivisto AJ, Jensen ACØ, Levin M, Kling KI, Dal Maso M, Nielsen SH, Jensen KA and Koponen IK (2015) Testing a Near Field/Far Field model performance for prediction of particulate matter emissions in a paint factory Environ Sci Process Impacts 17, 62.

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References

Koivisto AJ , Aromaa M, Koponen IKK Fransman W, Jensen KA, MΓ€kelΓ€ JM, HΓ€meri KJ. (2015) Workplace performance of a loose-fitting powered air purifying respirator during nanoparticle synthesis. J Nanopart Res 17:177. Koivisto AJ, Jensen ACØ, Kling KI, NΓΈrgaard A, Brinch A, Christensen F, Jensen KA. (2016) Quantitative material releases from products and articles containing manufactured nanomaterials: A critical review. 5 (2017) 119–132. Korhonen, H., Lehtinen, K. E. J., Kulmala, M., 2004. Multicomponent aerosol dynamics model UHMA: model development and validation. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 4, 757-771. Lai, A. C. K., Nazaroff, W. W., 2000. Modeling Indoor Particle Deposition from Turbulent Flow Onto Smooth Surfaces. Journal of Aerosol Science, 31, 463-476.

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References

MΓΈlgaard B., Koivisto A.J., Hussein T., HΓ€meri K. (2014) Performance of portable indoor air cleaners. Aerosol Science and Technology 48:409-417. Nazaroff, W. W. (1989) Mathematical modeling and control of pollutant dynamics in indoor air. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. (http://thesis.library.caltech.edu/576/) Zhang Y, Banerjee S, Yang R, Lungu C, Ramachandran G. (2009) Bayesian Modeling of Exposure and Airflow Using Two-Zone Models. Ann Occup Hyg; 53: 409–424 Schripp, T., Wensing, M., Uhde, E., Salthammer, T., He, C., Morawska, L., 2008. Evaluation of ultrafine particle emissions from laser printers using emission test chambers. Environmental Science and Technology 42, 4338-4343.