Using the HP-41CV Calculator as a Data Acquisition System for Personal Carbon Monoxide Exposure Monitors

Fitz-Simons, T.; Sauls, Harold B.

doi:10.1080/00022470.1984.10465844

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“…The most promising new development in data collection was the Hewlett-Packard HP-41CV pocket calculator. 32 This small but very powerful calculator has an input port for data entry, if an appropriate interface is used with the detector signal (millivolts). When the developmental effort began, a suitable interface was not available.…”

Section: The Monitoring Systemmentioning

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Carbon Monoxide Exposures of Washington Commuters

Flachsbart

Howes

Mack

et al. 1987

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The potential for directly monitoring public exposure to air pollutants has been realized with the development of personal exposure monitors. The microenvironmental approach to exposure assessment involves monitoring the concentrations within microenvironments thought to contribute significantly to a population's total exposure. This paper focuses on the commuting microenvironment, because of the suspected large contribution that commuting makes to the total population exposure to carbon monoxide (CO). In particular, this paper presents typical CO concentrations, to which automobile, bus, and rail commuters of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area were exposed, on 15 hypothetical routes during winter 1983. In addition, the paper assesses the relative importance of several factors that explain variability in CO levels inside automobiles during rush-hour periods.The study found that automobile commuters were exposed to average CO concentrations that typically ranged from 9 to 14 ppm over trips that typically took between 40 and 60 minutes. Average CO levels for bus commuters typically ranged from 4 to 8 ppm for trips lasting between 90 and 110 minutes, and those for rail commuters typically ranged from 2 to 5 ppm for trips of 30-45 minutes. The most important factors influencing CO concentrations inside automobiles were identified as link-to-iink variability, day-to-day variability, and the interaction between link and commuting period. Variability in CO levels by route, driver, and factors specific to a particular commute were moderately important. Between and within monitor variation were the least important sources of variation in CO levels. Increasing automobile speed from 10 to 60 mph reduced average CO exposure by 35 percent regardless of commuting period. The study suggests that automobile commuters, who begin their homeward trips from highly polluted downtown parking garages, may carry residual garage concentrations with them as they travel along downtown streets.

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Section: The Monitoring Systemmentioning

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Carbon Monoxide Exposures of Washington Commuters

Flachsbart

Howes

Mack

et al. 1987

JAPCA

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“…It was developed specifically for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use in the Denver-Washington, DC carbon monoxide population exposure studies, 17 " 21 and was used to measure more than 1,600 24-hour CO exposure profiles. It differs from the COED-II system used in the Washington, DC Microenvironmental Study, 22 in which monitors were operated in moving automobiles. That study sought to characterize CO concentrations inside moving vehicles, while the population exposure studies were designed to measure 24-hour personal exposure.…”

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“…22 Here, 10 instruments collected thousands of CO readings inside automobiles and buses during commuting trips. These instruments worked well, and could automatically transfer data to a larger microcomputer for further analysis.…”

Section: Coed-ii Monitormentioning

confidence: 99%