Abstract：
:Ultrasonic humidifiers provide indoor relief to symptoms caused by dry air and produce aerosols containing both water and minerals that are present in the water that fills the humidifier. This study investigated the spatial distributions, concentrations, and metal and mineral composition of aerosols emitted when an ultrasonic humidifier was filled with deionized water (DI), low mineral tap water (LL), high total dissolved solids (TDS)/high hardness water (HH), and high TDS/low hardness water (HL). Aerosol/particle sizes and counts were obtained at six horizontal distances in both the plume and near floor for each water quality. Results are that water quality significantly affects particle size distributions which become uniform after 0.9 m from the humidifier outlet, and are independent of vertical distance from the humidifier. The mean count median diameters were 64 nm for DI, 129 nm for LL, 234 nm for HH, and 260 nm for HL; the particle counts and total mineral solids concentrations were 2,194 #/cm3 (16 µg/m3) for DI, 21,070 #/cm3 (113 µg/m3) for LL, 38,353 #/cm3 (438 µg/m3) for HH, and 43,880 #/cm3 (521 µg/m3) for HL. The µg/m3 values for LL, HH, and HL exceeded PM2.5 ambient air standards. Model predictions are that the deposition mass in the human respiratory system from inhaling particles emitted from HH and HL water exceed 135 µg for a 1 to 3-month old child and 600 µg for an adult over an 8-hr period. Mineral water quality significantly affects the distribution and concentration of emitted and inhaled indoor air particles. Consumers may unknowingly be degrading their indoor air quality when using tap water of acceptable drinking water quality as humidifier fill water.
journal_name
Environ Intjournal_title
Environment internationalauthors
Yao W,Dal Porto R,Gallagher DL,Dietrich AMdoi
10.1016/j.envint.2020.105902subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-10-01 00:00:00pages
105902eissn
0160-4120issn
1873-6750pii
S0160-4120(20)31857-2journal_volume
143pub_type
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