Fidas® 200
The Fidas® 200 System particulate matter monitor was explicitly developed for environmental regulatory monitoring. It is the market leader for continuous and simultaneous monitoring of ambient PM2.5 and PM10 in European countries and countries close to Europe. At the same time, the Fidas® 200 system is the most service-friendly, continuously measuring device. The officially recognized possibility to validate the system on-site is unique.
The Fidas® 200 version is a 19" plug-in unit for air-conditioned monitoring stations (temperature range 5 - 40 °C). Variants are the Fidas® 200 E with remote sensor (for easier integration into stations with existing roof penetration) and the Fidas® 200 S designed for outdoor installation (with stainless steel weatherproof housing), whereby this does not require full air conditioning, but can only be operated with an auxiliary heater for indoor temperatures below 5°C.
All versions are available with different weather stations and sampling tubes of different lengths.
Variants
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Norms and certificates
National and international standards
VDI 4202-1 VDI 4203-3 EN 12341 EN 14907 EN 16450 EU-Äquivalenzleitfaden EN 15267-1/-2 TÜV Rheinland MCERTS
Operation principle
EN 16450 certified measurement technology
The Fidas® 200 fine dust monitor uses the recognized measuring technique of optical light scattering according to ISO 21501-1 on the single particle and is equipped with an LED light source of high light intensity, high light stability, and long service life. The instrument's calibration can be easily and quickly checked and, if necessary, adjusted at any time, even when installed, using a monodisperse test aerosol.The sampling system of the Fidas® 200 operates with a volume flow of approx. 0.3 m3/h.
It is equipped with a Sigma-2 sampling head according to VDI 2119, which enables representative sampling even in strong winds, as well as a drying section, which demonstrably prevents falsification of the measurement due to condensation effects at high humidity.
The Fidas® 200 fine dust monitor offers a wide range of communication options and allows complete remote control and remote maintenance of the systems as well as data access online via palas.de. The supplied software offers a wide range of options for evaluation (including extensive statistics and mean value calculations) and for exporting measurement data.
Comparison measurements
Fig. 3: PM10 reference equivalence function of the Fidas® 200 S in comparison with a reference small-filter device during suitability testing from the "Report on supplementary testing of the Fidas® 200 S respectively Fidas® 200 measuring system manufactured by Palas GmbH for the components suspended particulate matter PM10 and PM2.5, TÜV report no.: 936/21227195/B".
Multiple separation curves can be applied simultaneously to the same size distribution data, which allows simultaneous calculation and output of, e.g., PM10 and PM2.5 and other mass fractions.
Extensions/Accessories
The drying section (Intelligent Aerosol Drying System - IADS) is controlled based on the outside temperature, air pressure, and relative humidity. A weather station supplies these measured values; wind speed, wind direction, and precipitation can also be measured on request. A filter holder for planar filters (ø 47 mm or ø 50 mm) is integrated into the sampling system, which enables, for example, subsequent chemical analysis of the aerosol composition.
Benefits
Your special advantages
- Type-approved and certified according to latest EN requirements (EN 15267)
- Continuous and simultaneous real-time measurement of multiple PM values
- Additional information on particle number concentration and particle size distribution
- Light source: LED with high stability and a long lifetime
- Long service life
- Low maintenance
- External check of calibration on site possible
- Intuitive and easy to operate
- Reliable function, very high data availability (> 99 %)
- Two pumps in parallel operation for additional operational safety due to redundancy
- Permanent monitoring of status, among others online monitoring of calibration
- Remote monitoring, maintenance and control easily possible
- No radioactive material
- No consumables
- Low energy consumption
Applications
Individual solutions for various industries
- Regulatory pollution control in monitoring networks
- Ambient air monitoring campaigns
- Long-term studies
- Emission source attribution
- Emission dispersion studies (e.g. fires, volcanoes)
Technical features
In detail
- Measurement range (number C_N)
- 0 – 20,000 particles/cm3
- Size channels
- 64 (32/decade)
- Measurement range (size)
- 0.18 – 18 µm (certified range, other measuring ranges on request)
- Measuring principle
- Optical light scattering at single particles
- Reported data
- PM1, PM2.5, PM4, PM10, TSP, CN, particle size distribution, ambient pressure, ambient temperature, rel. ambient humidity
- Measurement range (mass)
- 0 – 10,000 µg/m3
- Measurement uncertainty
- 9.7 % for PM2.5, 7.5 % for PM10 (expanded measurement uncertainty according to EN 16450, TÜV Report)
- Volume flow
- 4.8 l/min ≙ 0.3 m3/h ± 3% (24h), complient with EN 16450
- Time resolution
- 1 s – 24 h
- Data acquisition
- Digital, 20 MHz processor, 256 raw data channels
- Light source
- Long term stable LED
- User interface
- Touchscreen, 800 • 480 pixel, 7" (17.78 cm)
- Housing
- Table housing, optional: with mounting brackets for rack-mounting
- Weight
- Control unit: 9.3 kg, sample head: 2.25 kg, sample tube: 4.5 kg
- Operating system
- Windows 10 IoT Enterprise
- Data logger storage
- Capacity for 2 years continuous operation at 60 s storage interval
- Software
- PDAnalyze
- Response time
- < 2 s
- Installation conditions
- +5 – +40 °C
- Interfaces
- USB, Ethernet (LAN), RS-232, Wi-Fi
- Protocols
- UIDEP, UDP, ASCII, MODBUS, Bayern-Hessen
- Power supply
- 115 – 230 V, 50/60 Hz
- Sampling head
- Passive collector Sigma-2
- Dimensions
- 450 • 320 • 180,5 mm (H • B • T), 19"
- Sampling system
- Drying of the aerosol by IADS (Intelligent Aerosol Drying System)
- Noise emission
- < 70 dB(A)
- Fuse
- T2A
- Resolution
- 0.1 µg/m3
- Power consumption
- Normal operation: 60 W, max. 200 W
- Data Management
- Prepared for connection to the Palas®Cloud MyAtmosphere ("MyAtmosphere-ready"); internet access and separate registration required.MyAtmosphere terms and conditions of use apply.
Downloads
More information about Fidas® 200
Palas Brochure Fidas System
Palas Brochure MyAtmosphere
Palas MCERTS Fidas System
Palas TÜV Certificate Fidas System
Palas TÜV Fidas System
