# US 10,768,100 B2 · Air pollution monitoring system and air pollution monitoring method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,768,100 B2 - Document ID: US10768100B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/004,303 - Filed: 2018-06-08 - Published: 2019-04-18 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-10-16 - Applicants: Weimin Zhang; Mengying Zhang - Inventors: Weimin Zhang; Mengying Zhang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10768100B2 ## CPC - G01N 21/3504: for analysing gases, e.g. multi-gas analysis - G01N 1/2273: {Atmospheric sampling} - G01N 33/0031: {comprising two or more sensors, e.g. a sensor array} - G01W 1/02: Instruments for indicating weather conditions by measuring two or more variables, e.g. humidity, pressure, temperature, cloud cover or wind speed (G01W1/10 takes precedence) - G08B 21/12: responsive to undesired emission of substances, e.g. pollution alarms - G08B 21/182: {Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold} - G01N 2021/3513: {Open path with an instrumental source} - G01N 2021/3595: {using FTIR} - G01W 2001/006: {Main server receiving weather information from several sub-stations} - Y02A 50/20: Air quality improvement or preservation, e.g. vehicle emission control or emission reduction by using catalytic converters - Y02A 90/10: Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - G01W: METEOROLOGY (radar, sonar, lidar or analogous systems, designed for meteorological use G01S13/95, G01S15/88, G01S17/95) - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - Y02A: TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ## Abstract A plurality of monitoring devices are arranged at different heights and steps, and infrared reflective assemblies of the monitoring device are set at different heights to collect infrared spectral data of chemical constituents of the air mass that are being diffused in airspace of different heights. The pollution factors contained in the air mass and the pollution level of each factor are learned by using IR spectrum for qualitative and quantitative analysis on the pollution factor, therefore realizing continuous monitoring in a certain area. Artificial duty is not required while 24-hour continuous intelligent monitoring can be achieved. Besides, meteorological data are collected in combination with the meteorological data collected by the meteorological information acquisition module at different heights and calculation is made based on the air diffusion model of various pollution factors to finally determine the position of air pollution source. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An air pollution monitoring system comprising: a plurality of monitoring equipments, pollution factor qualitative modules, pollution factor quantitative modules, and a fixed tower; wherein each of the monitoring equipments includes an infrared reflective assembly and an infrared emission host; at least one of the infrared reflective assemblies of each of the monitoring equipments is disposed at a different height; each of the infrared emission hosts emits infrared rays to the corresponding infrared reflective assemblies, and each monitoring equipment performs real time monitoring of an air mass within a monitoring scope to obtain an infrared spectral data of passing gas clusters; the pollution factor qualitative modules are preset with an infrared judgment reference data of a plurality of pollution factors, which uses the infrared spectrum values of a plurality of different pollution factors as a reference; the pollution factor qualitative module compares the infrared judgment reference data with the infrared spectral data obtained by the monitoring equipment to analyze and obtain the pollution factors contained in the monitoring scope by the corresponding monitoring equipment; the pollution factor quantification modules are preset with a pollution amount determination reference data corresponding to a plurality of different pollution factors, which is classified into different pollution amount levels according to the amount of the pollution factor in the air mass; the quantitative module determines a reference data based on the infrared spectral data obtained by the monitoring equipment, the pollution factor analyzed by the quantification module, and the pollution quantity preset in the quantitative module, and analyzes to achieve the pollution level within the monitoring scope by the corresponding monitoring equipment; and the infrared reflective assemblies are fixed at different heights by the fixed tower so that the infrared rays emitted by the infrared emission host are scanned up and down in a vertical direction of the fixed tower. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The air pollution monitoring system of claim 1, further comprising: a weather information collection module that collects a weather data in a certain area, including wind direction, wind speed, temperature, air pressure and humidity. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The air pollution monitoring system of claim 2, further comprising: a traceability judgment module that is respectively connected to the monitoring equipments and the weather information collection module, wherein the traceability judgment module obtains the pollution factors and pollution levels in the monitored area of each monitoring equipment on the basis of the wind direction, wind speed, temperature, air pressure and humidity collected by the weather information collection module within a corresponding period; and the traceability judgment module performs a calculation based on the natural diffusion law of various pollution factors to determine the location of a pollution source. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The air pollution monitoring system of claim 2, wherein each of the monitoring equipments corresponds to one corresponding weather information collection module, which is placed aside the infrared emission host of the corresponding monitoring equipment. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The air pollution monitoring system of claim 1, further comprising: an early warning equivalent module that is connected to the pollution factor quantification module; wherein the early warning equivalent module is preset with a warning threshold corresponding to different pollution levels according to a distance between the infrared emission host and the infrared reflective component; and the pollution factor quantification module compares the pollution level of each pollution factor detected by the corresponding monitoring equipment with the warning threshold in the early warning equivalent module; if the pollution level exceeds the warning threshold, the warning equivalent module issues an early warning signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The air pollution monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the infrared reflective assembly is placed at a vertical height of 3 to 50 meters. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The air pollution monitoring system of claim 1, wherein a scanning mode of the monitoring equipments is: scan within a scope of vertical angles of −65° to +65° at height of 3 to 50 meters, or within a scope of horizontal angles of 360° at a height of 10 to 50 meters. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The air pollution monitoring system of claim 7 wherein the scanning mode is: scan within a scope of vertical angles of 1° to 45° at height of 3 to 50 meters, or within a scope of horizontal angles of −65° to 45° at a height of 10 to 50 meters. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The air pollution monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the infrared reflective assemblies are arranged in a stepwise manner.