General Description
The Aeroqual Series 500 is a handheld monitor that can be used with a wide range of gas sensor and particulate matter sensor heads. The sensor head used in this AQ-SPEC evaluation is the volatile organic compounds (VOC) Gas Sensitive Semiconductor (GSS) head (0-25 ppm) that provides real-time measurements of VOC concentrations.
Principle of Operation
The Aeroqual Series 500 GSS (0-25 ppm) sensor applies Gas Sensitive Semiconductor (GSS) technology to proprietary heated metal oxide semiconductor gas sensors. The metal oxide sensor exhibits a change in electrical resistance in the presence of a target gas and the change in electrical resistance is proportional to the concentration of the target gas. The sensors come factory calibrated.
Features
- Dimensions: 195 (H) x 122 (W) x 54 (D) mm (with sensor head)
- Weight: < 460 g
- Power supply: Yes, 12V DC (power adapter/charger supplied 100-250V AC)
- Battery: Yes, 8 hours maximum
- Clock function: Yes
- Sampling mechanism: Fan
- Environmental operating conditions: 0 - 40°C and 10 - 90% RH, non-condensing
- Internal data logging: Yes, with a capacity of 8188 total data points
- Data communication: USB cable
- Data logging/retrieval: data can be logged and retrieved using a computer with the provided Aeroqual software through a USB cable
- Weatherproof: No
Applications
- Indoor air quality
- Short term air quality studies
- Short term fixed monitoring networks
- Hot spot identification
- Site air quality surveys
- Personal exposure assessments
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