The investigation of diesel soot emission using instrument combination of multi-wavelength photoacoustic spectroscopy and scanning mobility particle sizer.

The parallel measurements of wavelength dependent optical absorption, particle number size distribution have made by a multi wavelength photoacoustic spectrometer (4λ-PAS) and scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS) respectively at different modes of a diesel engine using two different types of fuel. The thermal evolution of the emission was also investigated using posterior temperature treatment of emission. The bimodal size distribution of emitted particles at a set reference temperature has been observed regardless of the applied fuel at idle.

Diurnal variation of aethalometer correction factors and optical absorption assessment of nucleation events using multi-wavelength photoacoustic spectroscopy.

A field measurement campaign was carried out during the late winter and early spring of 2015 in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The size distribution (SD) and optical absorption of carbonaceous particulate matter (CPM) was measured online using a Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS), a 7λ-aethalometer and an inhouse developed 4λ-Photoacoustic Spectrometer. Based on the SD data, the measurement period could be classified into days with and without new particle formation events (normal days and nucleation days), although particular nucleation-like events were observed on normal days as well.

Respiratory consequences of red sludge dust inhalation in rats.

The environmental disaster following flooding by red sludge in the Ajka region in Hungary poses a serious public health threat with particular concern regarding the potentially adverse respiratory effects of the inhalation of red sludge dust (RSD). The respiratory consequences of the inhalation of RSD obtained from field samples were investigated in rats. Rats were either exposed to RSD at a high concentration (2 weeks, 8h/day), or kept in room air.