Indoor Air Quality in a Selected Health Resort Facility: Analysis of PM10, PM2.5 and 222Rn Concentrations

• Autorzy: Merenda Beata , Maciejewski Piotr , Bezyk Yaroslav , Sówka Izabela

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12911/22998993/152312

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper discusses the importance of indoor air quality and indicates its relation with outdoor air quality in the area of spa treatment. Significant factors and sources causing indoor air pollution by particulate matter and radon are considered. Particular attention is drawn to specific functions of health resorts in spa treatment in the context of the importance of indoor and outdoor air for patients staying in the resorts. It is underlined the specificity of health resorts providing treatment for patients classified as the group most sensitive to air pollution, i.e. people with chronic respiratory diseases. The study comprised measurements of 24-h concentrations of PM₁₀, PM_2.5 and 10-minute instantaneous concentrations of radon-222 (²²²Rn) from February 5 to February 25, 2021 in a treatment room of one of the Polish spas located in Lower Silesia. The analysis of interactions between the concentrations of two fractions of particulates PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 was presented. The interaction and dependence of factors affecting the elevated values of concentrations of the studied pollutants were discussed. The presented analyses showed that the concentrations of the studied pollutants were influenced by air exchange and air infiltration from outside to inside. In the case of short-term measurements of ²²²Rn activity concentration in the air, it was found that the observed changes in hourly concentrations of ²²²Rn are analogous to those observed in residential buildings. For the specific time intervals, the variation of PM concentrations and ²²²Rn activity concentration was found to be similar.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

health resort; indoor air; particulate matter; PM; 222Rn

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 23, nr 10
• Strony: 202--215
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 50 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Merenda Beata

• Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Plac Grunwaldzki 13, 50-377 Wrocław, Poland

autor

Maciejewski Piotr

• Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Na Grobli 15, 50-421 Wrocław, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2757-3100

autor

Bezyk Yaroslav

• Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Plac Grunwaldzki 13, 50-377 Wrocław, Poland

autor

Sówka Izabela

• Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Plac Grunwaldzki 13, 50-377 Wrocław, Poland

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