Need to monitor Covid risk with CO2 LEDs?
We have an LED for that!
What is your home or office CO2 level right now? Is it below 800ppm to mitigate Covid and other aerosol risks?
Our team discusses this at length with industry customers as we all engage in the daily research and findings of the Covid-19 battle. The conversation ultimately points to CO2 monitoring. Gas sensing, especially CO2, is emerging to be a strong player in mitigating coronavirus aerosol risk, with both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recognizing its connections.
We are especially aware of this because our firm is a leading US producer of CO2 LEDs, and to our knowledge the only producer of this high performance superlattice CO2 LED in the world - the QuiC SLED™.
Covid, CO2, and You
Transmission is dominated by micron scale aerosol droplets.
Lingering aerosol droplets are the main transmission mode of coronavirus and other respiratory pathogens. Transmission is defined as the spread of an infectious agent caused by the dissemination of large droplets onto objects, persons or surfaces OR aerosols that remain infectious when suspended in air over long distances and time.
CO2 Concentrations
Since the coronavirus is most often spread by breathing, coughing or talking, you can use CO2 levels to see if the room is filling up with potentially infectious exhalations. The CO2 level lets you estimate if enough fresh outside air is getting in. Outdoors, CO2 levels are just above 400 parts per million (ppm). A well ventilated room will have around 800 ppm of CO2. It is quickly becoming evident that the lower the CO2 ppm, the lower the Covid aerosol risk. (Image source: IQhome.org)
A big part of mitigating the spread of aerosol transmission is measuring CO2, which is often best done with LED sensors. These LED Sensors provide instantaneous and accurate CO2 measurements in relevant sensitivity ranges. They also can be battery operated which is important for portability and flexible deployment. During the current Covid-19 pandemic, we need to understand and properly monitor our Personal Air Quality (PAQ™) through carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements at home, school, and work places.
LED optical gas sensors like our QuiC SLED™ are the best choice in many of these indoor settings. What it boils down to is that if CO2 concentrations are lower, the Covid aerosol risk is also lower.
The key right now, is to monitor Covid risk with CO2 LEDs as well as other PAQ™ gases. We have an LED for that – and other gas sensing technology to share for PAQ™.
Ask us today how we can help you accelerate your new product development and get LED gas sensors to market in volume.