Aerosol, Filtration & Airflow Test Solutions
Challenge-aerosol engineering, filter development and production testing, quantitative airflow verification and environmental measurement — for laboratories, filter manufacturers, building services and industrial facilities.
Measurement Scope and Test-Object Definition
Define whether the requirement concerns aerosol preparation, filter performance, quantitative airflow or an occupied environment. Each route uses a different method, reference framework and equipment architecture.
- A controlled aerosolYou need to produce, condition, dry, neutralise or dilute a reproducible test aerosol for something else to measure.
- A filter's performanceYou have a filter specimen, element or medium and need efficiency, penetration, pressure drop or loading behaviour.
- Air movement, quantifiedYou need velocity, volume flow, differential pressure or duct leakage as numbers against an acceptance criterion.
- The environment people occupyYou need carbon dioxide, temperature, humidity, particles or workplace dust in an occupied space.
Solution Routes by Measurement Requirement
Each route below is a dedicated solution page covering the method, the applicable standards, the measurement architecture, the technology roles and the relevant products.
Aerosol Generation & ConditioningGenerate, condition, transport and dilute defined test aerosols for qualification, filtration and research applications.Explore →Filter Development & Production TestingCharacterise efficiency, penetration, pressure drop and loading under controlled test conditions.Explore →HVAC Airflow & Performance VerificationMeasure air velocity, volume flow, differential pressure and related airflow quantities.Explore →
Indoor Air Quality & Environmental MeasurementMeasure environmental parameters including CO₂, temperature, humidity, particles and workplace dust using the appropriate instrument.Explore →Looking for cleanroom qualification, installed-filter integrity, monitoring, safety cabinets or operating theatres instead? Those are separate application areas — see Cleanroom & Controlled Environment Solutions.
Installed-System Verification vs Filter Product Testing
These two are routinely confused, and specifying one when you need the other produces equipment that cannot answer your question. They test different objects, in different places, against different standards.
Installed Filter-System Verification
The object is the complete installed system — media, frame, gasket or gel seal, mounting and housing interfaces — in a working cleanroom, cabinet or theatre. The question is whether it leaks locally.
Laboratory and Production Filter Testing
The object is a specimen, element or medium on a laboratory or production test system. The question is how well it performs — efficiency, penetration, pressure drop, loading behaviour.
EN 1822 and ISO 29463 address leakage and efficiency of filter elements and media as manufactured. ISO 14644-3 addresses performance testing of the installed cleanroom or clean zone. Their scopes are related but not identical, and they must not be used interchangeably.
Standards by Measurement and Test Object
In this area the test object decides the standard. A rig built for one object does not automatically satisfy the method written for another, so each reference is explained on the page where it applies.
Configure an aerosol, filtration or airflow test system
Share the test object, the aerosol or challenge required, the flow range, the parameters to be measured and the applicable standard or research protocol.