Size-Segregated Particulate Matter in a Selected Sports Facility in Poland

Karolina Bralewska, Wioletta Rogula-Kozłowska and Adrian Bralewski
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Karolina Bralewska: Safety Engineering Institute, The Main School of Fire Service, Slowackiego Street, 52/54, 01629 Warsaw, Poland
Wioletta Rogula-Kozłowska: Safety Engineering Institute, The Main School of Fire Service, Slowackiego Street, 52/54, 01629 Warsaw, Poland
Adrian Bralewski: Internal Security Institute, The Main School of Fire Service, Slowackiego Street, 52/54, 01629 Warsaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 24, 1-15

Abstract: The aims of this study were to determine the concentration of particulate matter, analyze the percentage share of four particulate matter subfractions (PM 1 , PM 2.5 , PM 4 , PM 10 ) in TSP (total mass of particulate matter (PM)) in a typical Polish sports hall at different day periods during heating and non-heating seasons, and compare the average daily doses of respirable dust (PM 4 ) for three groups of the sports hall users (pupils, teachers, and athletes). Gravimetric measurements of PM 4 and TSP concentrations and optical measurements of the concentrations of five PM fractions (PM 1 , PM 2.5 , PM 4 , PM 10 , PM 100 ) were conducted for 8 h a day, simultaneously inside and outside the hall, for 20 days each in summer and winter. During training, PM mass was concentrated mainly in coarse particles (PM 2.5–100 ) (summer—55%, winter—35%). Without activity, the main part of PM mass was from fine particles (PM 2.5 , summer—59%, winter—75%). In summer, PM inside the hall originated mainly from internal sources. In winter, the fine PM concentration was affected by outdoor sources. The daily doses of PM 4 for different groups of sports hall users indicate that the health exposure of sports practitioners to PM may be greater than for non-practitioners staying in the same conditions.

Keywords: particulate matter (PM); sports facilities; indoor air quality (IAQ); particle mass size distribution; I/O; dose (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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