WO1998011422A1 - Detection of hazardous airborne fibres - Google Patents
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- This invention describes a new instrument by which potentially hazardous individual airborne fibres, such as those of asbestos, may be detected in real-time within an ambient environment
- the instrument uses a rapid analysis of the spatial laser scattering profile (i e the complex manner in which individual particles scatter laser light) recorded from individual airborne particles, as a means of classifying the particles in terms of their morphological characteristics
- the instrument incorporates a dedicated detector array chip to record the spatial scattering profiles from individual particles at high throughput rates and dedicated electronic processing routines to establish the possible presence of hazardous fibres Background to the Invention
- Airborne asbestos fibre is a significant health hazard Peto et al (Peto, J , Hodgson, J T , Matthews, F E and Jones, J R The Lancet 345, March 4, 535-539, 1995), for example, highlight the continuing increase in mesothe oma mortality in England as a result of respirable asbestos fibres generated during clearance operations or routine building maintenance work
- the unambiguous confirmation of the presence of airborne asbestos fibres within an occupational environment can normally only be achieved by the use of filter cassette sampling of airborne particles followed by electron microscopy and, to determine chemical identity, a technique such as energy dispersive X-ray analysis
- the consequent cyclic variation in light scattered by the fibres to a single light detector at the side of the chamber is used to assess fibre concentration in the air.
- the FAM-7400 has several limitations (described in, for example 'Aerosol Measurement' by Willeke K. and Baron P.
- the detailed spatial intensity distribution of light scattered by individual particles contains information relating to inter alia the particle's size, its shape, and its orientation with respect to the incident illumination.
- the invention reported here is aimed at exploiting this fact with a view to discriminating, in real-time, individual respirable hazardous fibres, such as asbestos, from other particles within an ambient environment.
- FIG. 1 shows examples of forward scattering (i.e: below 35° to the incident beam direction) recorded from various types of particle.
- CCD charge-coupled- device
- This delivery system imposes aerodynamic forces upon the particles which cause fibrous or elongated particles to align preferentially with their long axis parallel to the flow, ie: orthogonally to the laser beam.
- the camera captures the distribution of light scattered by the particle throughout the angular range 5° to 35° to the illuminating beam direction.
- the scattering profile examples given in Figure 1 are recorded from typical background outdoor air (which contains a wide variation of particle types including droplets, irregular cubic particles, and occasional fibrous particles); from Crocidolite (or blue) asbestos; and from Chrysotile (or white) asbestos. Because elongated particles tend to align with the airflow (which for the examples shown was vertical), the fibres thus tend to traverse the laser beam vertically with the consequence that the scattering is predominantly in the horizontal plane, as illustrated in the Crocidolite and Chrysotile examples of figure 1.
- the data show in figure 1 illustrate the way in which scattering profiles, since they relate closely to the morphology or shape of the particles which produced them, may be used to discriminate between particle species, such as varieties of asbestos fibre, which exhibit very characteristic morphological features.
- Typical scattering profiles from background particles, shown in the top row of figure 1 produce very variable profiles with few interpretable features since the particles which produced them are generally of irregular compact form
- the profiles produced by Crocidolite fibres, shown in the middle row exhibit clearly discernible features: the profiles are generally of the form of a horizontal bar of scattering passing through the centre of the profile The near horizontal form is as a result of the substantially vertical orientation of the fibre in the laser beam
- the scattering is very localized as a result of the characteristic needle-like shape of the Crocidolite fibres, with virtually all the scattered light lying within a substantially horizontal bar
- the total amount of scattered light may be related to a first order to the size (volume) of the scattering fibre, and the thickness of the scattering bar to the length-to-thickness aspect ratio of the fibre (higher aspect ratio fibres produce thinner scattering bars) It is therefore possible from each profile to estimate both the size and shape of the fibre which produced it, and this information is of great importance in the monitoring of hazardous respirable fibres such as asbestos since these parameters are
- Figure 1 illustrates the scattering from Chrysotile asbestos fibres which, being normally curved, cause the scattering profiles to assume a characteristic 'bow-tie' appearance.
- the scattering is still predominantly horizontal but the differing inclinations of incremental sections of fibre length to the incident illumination cause the fine divergent structure shown
- the examples given in Figure 1 illustrate the differences in the forms of the scatte ⁇ ng profiles which exist for different particle morphologies, and indicate that this type of scattering profile offers the prospect of (i) discriminating asbestos-like fibres from background airborne particulates, (li) the possible discrimination between serpentine (curved) and amphibole (straight) asbestos fibres, the latter being of higher carcmogenicity, and (iii) an estimate of the fibre size and shape and therefore potential threat posed by inhalation.
- a fibre detector assembly comprismg -
- data processing means adapted to capture and process the signals from the optical detector, characterised in that the optical detector comprises a photodiode array consisting of a central opaque area surrounded by two or more annular rings of detector elements
- the detector array comprises three concentric annular rings of detector elements
- the concentric array arrangement means facilitates the gathering of scattering data in an easily manageable form
- the first or innermost annular ring comprises a single detector and the second and subsequent annular rings each consist of a plurality of detector elements
- the radial interfaces between detector elements or segments in adjacent annular rings are out of phase This then minimizes the possibility of fine fibre scattering from elongated fibres lying entirely along the 'dead-zones' between adjacent detector elements in both the A and B segmented rings, and the commensurate possibility that fibre detection could be compromised
- the optical detector comprises three annular rings and the two outermost rings are divided into 16 segments or elements
- the annular rings of detector elements in the optical detector are substantially circular A circular arrangement with radial segments is an efficient arrangement for detecting and gathering scattered light
- the data processing means incorporates a pattern classifier, which preferably comprises a neural network
- the neural network is a radial basis function neural network
- an optical detector suitable for use in a fibre detector assembly of the type in question comprising a photodiode array consisting of a central opaque area surrounded by two or more annular rings of detector elements
- the first or innermost annular ring comprises a single detector and the second and subsequent annular rings each consist of a plurality of detector elements
- the radial interfaces between detector elements or segments in adjacent annular rings are out of phase
- the optical detector comprises 3 annular rings and the two outermost rings are divided into 16 segments or elements
- Figure 1 illustrates typical scattering profiles recorded from individual particles or fibres
- Figure 2 illustrates a fibre detector system according to the present invention
- Figure 3 illustrates a 33 element detector array chip
- Figure 4 illustrates typical responses of a fibre detector assembly according to the present invention to different particle types
- Figure 5 shows a schematic illustration of the basic elements of an RBF neural network
- Figure 6 shows a graphical representation of the simulated performance of the detector configuration shown in Fig 3 and the RBF neural network in terms of classifying particles from known aerosols
- Figure 7 shows a schematic diagram of the acquisition and digitisation process for light-scattering signals derived from the detector array chip shown in Figure 3 Description of the Preferred Embodiments
- the invention comprises a fibre detector assembly comprising a scattering chamber body, a means of drawing ambient airborne particles through this body in a constrained manner such that the particles travel in essentially single-file and are subject to aerodynamic or other forces which are able to preferentially orientate with the flow those particles which exhibit elongated morphology or shape, a means (usually a laser) of illuminating this particle flow orthogonally in such a way that in normal circumstances particles pass through the illuminating beam singly, a means of intercepting and collecting the distribution of light scattered by each particle and directing this onto an optical detector without loss of information relating to the spatial distribution of the intensity of light scattered by the particle, a means within the optical detector of measuring the broad pattern features contained within the scattered light distribution, and a means of electronically processing this information in such a way as to characterise and classify the particle morphology which produced it, with particular emphasis on the detection and characterisation of hazardous respirable fibres such as those of asbestos
- a preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in Figure
- the new fibre characterisation instrument incorporates the selected detector geometry as a custom photodiode array chip
- the chip has a diameter of 11mm and is mounted into a commercial pin grid-array package with no covering window
- the laser output is linearly polarised in the plane of the diagram
- the beam cross section at the intersection with the sample airflow is of ellipsoidal shape, approximately 2mm in width and 0 1mm in depth, leading to a particle transit time through the beam of ⁇ 5 ⁇ s
- Sample airflow through the device is set to be 1 l/min Because particle trajectories through the beam could take place anywhere within the horizontal cross-sectional area of the sample air column (approximately 1 mm in diameter), the scattered light capture optics are designed to ensure that such particle trajectory variations do not cause significant translation of the scattering profile image on the detector array
- the centre detector ring C receives light scattered between 4° and 10° to the primary beam axis
- the second and third rings, B and A receive light scattered between 10° and 18° and 18
- Fig 7 When a particle enters the laser beam the signal received from the central annular ring C begins to rise This rise is selected by a particle trigger detection circuit that initiates data acquisition from the other 32 detector elements This acquisition is achieved by two dedicated application-specific integrated circuit chips, labelled HX2 in Fig 7 These chips are manufactured by Rutherford Appleton Laboratories, Didcot, UK Each HX2 chip contains 16 parallel integrators that integrate the signals from the individual detector elements for the duration of the particle transit through the beam The chips then hold these analogue signal values and serially multiplex them out to analogue-to-digital converters FIFO (first in first out) buffers subsequently store the digital data, 33 values per particle, before transferring them at an optimal rate to the neural network data processing system (based on dual Motorola 68040 processors) for particle classification
- FIFO first in first out
- the detector being a second aspect of the invention is shown in Figure 3
- the detector would be typically a photodiode array manufactured upon a single silicon wafer for reasons of compactness, robustness, dimensional accuracy, and the ability to define light-sensitive areas of any desired shape with minimal 'dead-zones' between adjacent detector elements
- the detector comprises a central circular area 10 surrounded by three annular rings, 11 , 12, and 13
- the central circular area 10 is opaque to incident light so as to act as a beam-stop for the illuminating beam of light
- the first annular ring 11 is continuous and as such will receive scattered light no matter what the orientation of the particle in the beam (the output from this detector ring is used for particle size determination)
- the second ring 12 is divided into 16 segments, each giving an output signal proportional to the light falling on that segment 3
- the third ring 13 is similarly divided into 16 segments, but the interfaces between adjacent segments are out of phase with those of the second ring 12 This phase difference eliminates the possibility of the fine scattering from an
- the detector shown in figure 3 consists of three substantially circular annular rings segmented as required in a radial fashion But this is not the only arrangement which is possible Concentric ellipses, squares or rectangles are equally possible Furthermore, one or more additional rings of detector elements can be added if required It is, however, preferred that the radial interfaces between the detector elements or segments in adjacent rings are off-set or out of phase with each other for the reasons stated
- FIG. 4 illustrates the typical output values of the detector for four types of particle (i) a high-aspect ratio Crocidolite fibre with a consequently thin scattering bar, (n) a low-aspect ratio Crocidolite fibre with a thicker scattering bar, (m) a Chrysotile fibre giving a characteristic 'bow-tie' form to the scattering, and (iv) a background air particle
- the second and third detector rings, 12 and 13 each exhibit two distinct narrow peaks 14 in accordance with the narrow scattering distribution, as shown in Figure 4, whilst the first ring 1 1 yields a single value proportional to the fibre size
- the second detector ring 12 exhibits two peaks 15 of greater width than for the high-aspect ratio case
- the data from the detector must be processed rapidly to yield particle classification as discussed earlier in order to satisfy the requirement for real-time instrument operation
- This processing is carried out by electronic means using one of a number of established mathematical classification methods including Normal Distribution Method, Linear Discriminant Method, or K-Nearest Neighbours Method (all described in, for example, 'Pattern Classification and Scene Analysis' by Duda R.O and Hart P E , Wiley Interscience 1973), or by using an artificial neural network pattern recognition method (described in, for example, 'Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition' by Bishop C M , Oxford Univ Press 1995)
- the Radial Basis Function or RBF network is arguably one of the simplest forms of an artificial neural network It is based on the use of training data, in our case these being example sets of 100 scattering patterns from each of the particle classes that we wish to discriminate
- the training data result in defined regions of mathematical hyperspace corresponding to the chosen classes
- the RBF network has an architecture consisting of only one hidden layer, as illustrated in Fig 5
- the inputs, labelled ⁇ - to ⁇ n represent the values of the light-scattering data from either the A or B detector ring, these are processed independently through the network so as to allow a voting on the classification outcome Only if both processes resulted in the same as classification for a particle (judged as that having the highest linear summation output value) is the particle ascribed to that class (shown as class 1 , class 2, etc , in Fig 5) If there was a discrepancy in classification results from the two detector rings, the particle is classified into the lower of the two classes
- the hidden nodes ⁇ - to ⁇ n are RBF's that take the form
- ), j 1 ,2, .
- Figure 6 summarises the simulated classification performance of the preferred detector geometry and the RBF analysis method.
- the classifications used were high-risk fibres (those that displayed predominantly Crocidohte-like scattering features), medium- risk fibres (those that displayed predominantly Chrysotile-like scattering features), and other particles
- Table 1 summarises the results for one such mixed aerosol, illustrating the close similarity in classification performance between machine and manual classifications - the significant difference being that the manual classification required several hours (similar to that required for phase contrast light microscope fibre counting on filters), whereas the machine classification required only seconds
- the FT is computed for the second detector ring 12 outputs and a Linear Discriminant function is then computed to assess the probability of that particle belonging to any of the classes for which 'templates' exist
- the particle is ascribed the class which it most closely fits
- a similar process is performed with the output data arising from the third detector ring 13 and a matching class is determined using that data also Only if the same class is indicated by the data from the second detector ring 12 and the third detector ring 13 is the particle finally ascribed to that class If the data from the two rings yields different classes, the particle is classified as a 'background air' particle
- This voting method enhances the accuracy of the particle classification and reduces the possibility of falsely classifying innocuous background air particles as a hazardous respirable fibres
- the particle classification data is collated with that of all other particles sampled within that time period, typically 5 seconds, and the cumulative result displayed to the user as a particle class concentration histogram The histogram is thus updated at 5 second intervals to provide
- the format of the optical detector and the method of handling data from the array of sensors within the detector are key features of this invention They provide, for the first time, a detector array and thus a fibre detector capable of detecting hazardous fibres in the workplace tn a useful timescale that will alert operatives to the presence of a hazard as it arises
- this application is intended to encompass an optical detector as described above as a discrete entity, as well as a compete detector assembly containing a detector of the type in question Such an optical detector could be substituted in a detector assembly of the prior art type to increase its performance
- a detector may also have other application in areas where there is a need to characterise particle species in terms of size and/or morphological parameters These include environmental monitoring of stack emissions, vehicle exhausts, various airborne biological particles such as pollen, fungal spores, or bacteria (in the indoor as well as outdoor environments), the characterisation of powder products such as ceramic powders, paint pigments, or powdered foodstuffs Other areas may include liquid-borne particle characterisation, including the analysis of the presence of solid, liquid, or air bubbles carried in suspension in hydraulic liquids (which can compromise the efficiency of the hydraulic system and, in some cases may be a precursor of catastrophic system mechanical failure, as in helicopter gearboxes and control systems), the presence of biological organisms in water, especially bacterial regrowth in the outputs of
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