Kellnerova E., Vecera Z., Kellner J., Zeman T., 2017, Evaluation of Selected Pollutants and Measures to Reduce Their Impacts on Health in Military Workplaces, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 57, 433-438.
The paper describes the measurement of contamination by selected pollutants such as explosives and nanoparticles in military workplaces. A scanning mobility particle sizer and a functional sample of a portable device for rapid analysis of explosives and nanoparticles were exploited for the evaluation. The portable device has been designed and put into service and it consists of two parts: the original microcolon miniaturized liquid chromatograph and a unique chemiluminescence detector. Pollutants were measured in the air. The evaluation of harmful effects was focused on health risks connected with explosives and nanoparticles. The contribution indicates steps to decrease the impact on health of soldiers. The analysis of literature suggested that a number of methods using air sampling did not lead to a reproducible determination of pollutants. The study presents the equipment that eliminates the above mentioned problem and enables a rapid, reproducible and reliable collection of gas samples. A great advantage of the portable device is that it enables multiple repetition of the experiment. The second part of the study was dedicated to the issue of aerosols with an emphasis on ultrafine aerosols - nanoparticles.
