Review of Calibration and Improvement Methods of Light- Scattering Airborne Particle Concentration

Abstract

Abstract Clean environment and its internal airborne particle concentration have been paid more and more attention, the demand for use and measurement of light-scattering airborne particle counter, as the main instrument for measuring airborne particle concentration, has increased synchronously. This paper untangles the worldwide standards and specifications for calibration of light-scattering airborne particle counter, analyses the shortcomings of traditional comparative calibration method, introduces the research progress of non-traditional calibration method based on statistical analysis of membrane and scanning electron microscope, then based on the theory of discrete phase model and gas-solid fluid dynamics, puts forward two improved calibration methods to obtain more reliable "true value" of the number of the standard particles passing through the calibrated OPC, to provide an innovative idea for improving the measurement accuracy of airborne particle concentration worldwide.