Air Quality Monitoring
Optimizing Air Quality
with Intelligent Sensor Technology
Air quality monitoring ensures the safety and well-being of individuals in environments ranging from homes and offices to industrial spaces and outdoor areas. These monitoring systems measure the levels of pollutants, particulate matter, gases, and other airborne contaminants to assess the air quality. Accurate air quality monitoring is vital in identifying harmful pollutants like carbon dioxide (CO2), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), which affect human health, aggravate respiratory conditions, and contribute to environmental problems.
Air quality monitors are widely used. In residential and commercial buildings, they help maintain a healthy indoor environment by alerting occupants to poor air quality and prompting ventilation or filtration actions. Air quality monitoring ensures emissions meet regulatory standards in industrial settings and protects workers from exposure to hazardous materials. Governments and environmental agencies often employ outdoor air quality monitoring stations to track pollution levels and enforce environmental regulations.
However, inconsistent readings, sensor failures, or delayed responses can lead to inaccurate air quality assessments, potentially exposing individuals to harmful pollutants. Ensuring air quality monitors provide accurate, real-time data is critical for maintaining health and safety standards.
Pressure sensors play a vital role in the effectiveness of air quality monitoring. They help maintain accurate airflow measurements by detecting small changes in pressure as air passes through filters or ventilation systems. This ensures that the system can detect when filters are clogged, air intake is compromised, or airflow fluctuations could impact the accuracy of pollutant measurements. By providing precise, real-time data on pressure changes, these sensors allow air quality monitors to deliver more accurate and reliable readings, ultimately improving air quality management and helping prevent exposure to harmful pollutants.
Unique Capabilities for Air Quality Monitoring
The NimbleSense architecture was designed to maximize performance while also being flexible enough to easily insert application-specific capabilities. The result is a pressure sensor architecture with a very clear signal and practically no noise, leading to incredible accuracy, TEB, and long-term stability. Specific to HVAC systems, we have implemented these additional capabilities:
Multi-Range™ technology
A single sensor can accommodate up to eight different pressure ranges to effectively measure air pressure changes for various pollutants, particulate matter, gases, and other airborne contaminants
Advanced digital filtering
Multi-order filter that leverages advanced filtering capabilities at the front end to eradicate critical noise caused by fans or other sources before they can impact air quality measurements
Integrated closed loop control
Eliminates the need to design an external closed loop control system, which simplifies product design and reduces loop delays by up to 100x
Position insensitivity
Maintains consistent and highly accurate handheld readings regardless of movement or the physical orientation of the measurement device; rated with a positional sensitivity to within 0.25 pascal
Superior’s NimbleSense architecture enables us to develop unique products optimized for different markets. For the air quality monitoring market, we have created the following products. Our architecture is very flexible, so we can also develop custom solutions for your application.
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