Fluid composition sensor device and method of using the same

A device for detecting fluid particle characteristics comprising:

• a fluid composition sensor comprising:
• a housing configured to support a collection media for capturing one or more particles of a plurality of particles within a volume of fluid passing through at least a portion of the housing;
• a pump to move the volume of fluid through the at least a portion of the housing and across at least a portion of the collection media;
• an imaging device configured to capture an image of at least a portion of one or more particles captured by the collection media;
• and
• a controller comprising a particle matter mass concentration calculation circuitry configured to determine one or more particle loading conditions of at least a portion of the one or more particles captured by the collection media based at least in part on the image captured by the imaging device, wherein the controller is configured to adjust an operation of the pump based at least in part on at least one of the one or more particle loading conditions of the at least a portion of the one or more particles captured by the collection media;
• wherein the particle matter mass concentration calculation circuitry is configured to stop the pump when a predetermined difference in a first particle loading condition and a second particle loading condition is calculated.