Real time air quality measurement system installed
Chiang Mai University has opened their Climate Change Data Center with new equipment to measure in real – time the particulate matter in Chiang Mai air on March 8, 2016. The Center was established in January 2016 and has equipment to measure the PM 2.5 and PM 10 matter in the air with equipment that measures and sends data back wirelessly to the Faculty of Engineering at Chiang Mai University.
The launch of the new center was announced at Chiang Mai City Hall on March 8, 2016 by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sate Sampattakul a lecturer of Industrial Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering at Chiang Mai University. The scientists are measuring PM 2.5 and PM 10 levels in the air and studying the trends and effects of dust and smoke. The Center has real time reporting at http://www.livebox.me/ruee2559/.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sate Sampattakul a lecturer of Industrial Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering at Chiang Mai University explains the new equipment that will measure and report in real time the PM 2.5 and PM 10 levels in five areas in Chiang Mai province.
The project has been studying dust levels for three years using Pollution Control Department equipment but now has their own equipment set up to report in real time dust levels at five locations; Yupparaj Wittayalai School, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna (Doisaket), Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, and Chiang Dao Hospital.
These mobile pieces of equipment will send data online and reported online. The Center aims to generate new knowledge and cooperate with local researchers to build networks. The Center plans to expand installation of pollution measuring equipment to have at least one station per district the professor said. More information online at: www.cmuccdc.org / www.facebook.com/cmu.ccdc / http://www.livebox.me/ruee2559/
