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Measuring Light Air Ions in a Speleotherapeutic Cave
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SYSNO ASEP 0471172 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Measuring Light Air Ions in a Speleotherapeutic Cave Author(s) Roubal, Z. (CZ)
Bartušek, Karel (UPT-D) RID, ORCID, SAI
Szabó, Z. (CZ)
Drexler, P. (CZ)
Überhuberová, J. (CZ)Number of authors 5 Source Title Measurement Science Review. - : Sciendo - ISSN 1335-8871
Roč. 17, č. 1 (2017), s. 27-36Number of pages 10 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country SK - Slovakia Keywords speleotherapy ; air ions ; Gerdien tube ; climatology Subject RIV BH - Optics, Masers, Lasers OECD category Meteorology and atmospheric sciences R&D Projects LO1212 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) GA13-09086S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Institutional support UPT-D - RVO:68081731 UT WOS 000395820200004 EID SCOPUS 85014569536 DOI 10.1515/msr-2017-0004 Annotation The paper deals with a methodology proposed for measuring the concentration of air ions in the environment of speleotherapeutic caves, and with the implementation of the AK-UTEE-v2 ionmeter. Speleotherapy, in the context of its general definition, is the medical therapy that utilizes the climate of selected caves to treat patients with health problems such as asthma. These spaces are characterized by the presence of high air humidity and they make extreme demands on the execution of the measuring device, the Gerdien tube (GT in the following) in particular, and on the amplifier electronics. The result is an automated measuring system using a GT with low-volume air flow, enabling long-term measuring of air ion concentration and determination of spectral ion characteristics. Interesting from the instrumentation viewpoint are the GT design, active shielding, and execution of the electrometric amplifier. A specific method for the calculation of spectral ion characteristics and the mode of automatic calibration were proposed and a procedure of automatic measurement in the absence of attendants was set up. The measuring system is designed for studying and long-term monitoring of the concentration of light negative ions in dependence on climatic conditions and on the mobility of ions occurring in the cave. Workplace Institute of Scientific Instruments Contact Martina Šillerová, sillerova@ISIBrno.Cz, Tel.: 541 514 178 Year of Publishing 2017
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