Vol. 11, No.1, pp.52-55 (2017)

Review: Bioaerosol Collection

P. Chen, Y. Du, Y. Z. Xu, Z. Liu, and K. Yan

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, China

Abstract

As the primary issue of air microbiology, the technology of bioaerosol collection aims at verifying and quantifying the presence of bioaerosols, which attaches great instructive significance to identification of microorganism, monitoring of the air quality, control and prevention of diseases, etc. The samplers designed for bioaerosol collection, ranging from impaction, filteration, centrifugation, impingement, to electrostatic precipitation, have different working principles and procedures. In this paper, a review on the technology of bioaerosol collection is given, and several widely used samplers will be introduced.

Keywords - Bioaerosol collection, Andersen sampler, AGI-30, electrostatic precipitator

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