Taiwan Supersite for Particle Studies

The Taiwan EPA has established an air monitoring supersite in the western part of the Taipei urban area for the study of particulate matter suspended in ambient air. Researchers will use data generated by the site to gain a better understanding of the size and composition of ambient particulate matter (PM), and the factors that lead to particle formation and transformation.

Information collected from automatic monitors installed at the site is collected by a centralized data management system that provides easy access to researchers.

Instrumentation installed at the air monitoring station includes specialized filter-based PM samplers for the weighing and speciation of PM in a laboratory, automated monitors for particle mass and size determination, as well as specialized continuous instruments to determine particle composition automatically.

Instrumentation sourced from Rupprecht & Patashnick includes the following:

• TEOM Series 1400a PM-2.5 Monitor (continuous PM mass concentration measurement)
• ACCU System (conditional or time-based PM sampling)
• Partisol Model 2300 Speciation Sampler (simultaneous multi-channel PM sampling)
• ChemComb Model 3500 Speciation Sampling Cartridges (flexible PM sampling module)
• Series 5400 Ambient Carbon Particulate Monitor (continuous organic and elemental carbon data)
• Series 8400N Ambient Particulate Nitrate Monitor (continuous particulate nitrate data)
• Series 8400S Ambient Particulate Sulfate Monitor (continuous particulate sulfate data)

TEOM Series 1400a Ambient Particulate Monitor

ACCU System

Partisol Model 2300 Speciation Sampler on Roof

Series 5400 Ambient Carbon Particulate Monitor

Series 8400N and 8400S Particulate Nitrate and Sulfate Monitors

- Mar 02 -

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