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The main obstacle to bottom ash (BA) being used as a recycling aggregate is the content of salts and potential toxic elements (PTEs), concentrated in a layer that coats BA particles. This work presents a dry treatment for the removal of salts and PTEs from BA particles. Two pilotscale abrasion units (with/without the removal of the fine particles) were fed with different BA samples. The performance of the abrasion tests was assessed through the analyses of particle size and moisture, and that of the column leaching tests at solid-to-liquid ratios between 0.3 and 4.
The results were: the particle-size distribution of the treated materials was homogeneous (25 wt % had dimensions <6.3 mm) and their moisture halved, as well as the electrical conductivity of the leachates. A significant decrease was observed in the leachates of the treated BA for sulphates (44%), chlorides (26%), and PTEs (53% Cr, 60% Cu and 8% Mo). The statistical analysis revealed good correlations between chloride and sulphate concentrations in the leachates with Ba, Cu, Mo, and Sr, illustrating the consistent behavior of the major and minor components of the layer surrounding BA particles. In conclusion, the tested process could be considered as promising for the improvement of BA valorization.
Recycled fertilizers produced using processes for the recovery of phosphate from residual materials such as wastewater, sewage sludge and sewage sludge ashes show very good bioavailability, but it is still a product largely unknown to the market. The aim of CLOOP is therefore to document the properties and effects of such fertilizers through chemical, mineralogical and ecological analyses as well as analytical method development and pot and field plant growth trials.
Outotec focused on 3 points in CLOOP: Experimental campaigns, process simulations as well as economic analyses with focus on the AshDec process, respectively the design of a large-scale AshDec plant for phosphorus recovery. The laboratory scale trials as well as the semi-industrial scale campaign provided valuable insights into the operating parameters of the process and the plant. As a result, for example, the temperature range could be significantly lowered, and the additive addition reduced by approx. 20 %. They have further shown that the AshDec process is not susceptible to operating fluctuations and that the product can be consistently produced at high quality. With the selection of suitable operating parameters, heavy metals (As, Pb, Cd, (Zn)) can be removed. Within the campaign, about 1.5 t of fertilizer for the plant trials in CLOOP could be produced. An AshDec plant process was digitally created in simulation software, allowing valuable process parameters to be simulated at various operating parameters. On this basis, a full-scale plant was designed. The data obtained in the project were used for a detailed economic analysis including a sensitivity analysis. It was possible to show under which conditions this plant can be operated economically.
At BAM, the AshDec fertilizer was synthesized with different additives and then applied to plant experiments at Uni Bonn. The goal hereby was to check differences in plant uptake. Because of the promising results of AshDec synthesized with sodium-carbonate and because this AshDec version does not require special off gas treatment for sulfur recovery (compared to AshDec synthesized with sodium-sulfate), all project partners agreed on continuing working with this AshDec variation. It was then used as a raw P-source for formulating it into NPK-fertilizers, by granulation with ammonium-sulfate and straw ash as potassium source. These recycling fertilizers were applied to plant- and field experiments by project partners in Brazil (University of Sao Paulo) and Australia (University of Queensland). Furthermore, in leaching experiments, the solubility of phosphorus in AshDec was compared to triple super phosphate. The experiments were carried out on soils with a varying phosphorus buffering index. Results show, that the phosphorus form in AshDec is way less soluble in water. This indicates that AshDec has the potential for a so-called next generation fertilizer – a fertilizer which’s nutrients remain in the soil and supply the plant according to its needs. At the moment, this behavior gets examined more in depth in lysimeter experiments in cooperation with University of Technology Berlin.
The focus of KWB is the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of different NextGen fertilizers to evaluate the entire process chain from recovery to fertilizer application. The NextGen fertilizer is credited by the amount of plant available nutrients in the product, which replace nutrients from conventional fertilizer. The LCA covers N-struvite precipitation from municipal wastewater, K-struvite precipitation from industrial wastewater and the AshDec-product from sewage sludge. The LCA task is almost complete. It could be shown that struvite precipitation has comprehensive environmental benefits, mainly since positive side effects occur in sewage sludge treatment (e.g. reduced sludge volume). In principle, the energetic and ecological profile of the AshDec process compared to direct use of sewage sludge ash cannot be assessed as being generally beneficial or negative. Regarding the global warming potential, the Ashdec process shows that the expenses (e.g. energy, chemicals) cannot be covered by the P fertilizer credit. In contrast, the impact categories “terrestrial acidification potential”, and “freshwater eutrophication potential” show positive results as the credits for conventional fertilizer are higher than the burdens for the process.
At University Bonn, the standardized pot experiments were conducted with several AshDec variations, using ryegrass, soybean, and spinach on a slightly acidic sandy soil and an organic-free standard substrate. P-uptake and biomass production of different AshDec variations were generally like those of triple super phosphate and struvite, and clearly outperformed untreated sewage sludge ash and rock phosphate. Field trials in Australia and Brazil with sugarcane on acidic soils are still ongoing and results are expected by the end of 2021.
Condensation particle counters (CPCs) are widely used for the measurement of aerosol particle number concentrations in the size range from approximately 3 nm to 3 μm. For an SI-traceable calibration of the size-dependent counting efficiency, which is advisable on a regular basis and required in several applications, Faraday cup aerosol electrometers (FCAEs) are considered to be a suitable SI-traceable reference.While the volumetric aerosol inlet flowrate and the electrical current measurement in FCAEs can be related to respective SI references, inter-comparison exercises for FCAEs are still performed on a regular basis to establish reliable uncertainty budgets and to further investigate the influences of designs and operational parameters on comparability. This is strongly demanded in the international community of metrological institutes and aerosol calibration facilities around the world, which provide CPC calibrations. In the present study, the performance of FCAEs was investigated,using Ag test aerosol particles with a 30 nm particle diameter by varying the inlet flowrates from 0.5 l min−1 to 4 l min−1. From our experimental results, significant deviations were observed in FCAE currents at sample flowrates smaller than 1.5 l min−1. It is recommended that these discrepancies should be quantified before an FCAE is used for CPC calibration at low sample flowrates and small particle sizes in the sub-30 nm size range.
Over the last few years, the Federal Institute for material research (BAM, Berlin) together with the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC, University of Hamburg) have initiated a systematic material investigation of black inks produced from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages (ca. fourth century CE–fourteenth/fifteenth centuries CE), aimed primarily at extending and complementing findings from previous sporadic studies. Part of this systematic investigation has focused on Egyptian Coptic manuscripts, and the present preliminary study is one of its outputs. It centres on a corpus of 45 Coptic manuscripts—43 papyri and 2 ostraca—preserved at the Palau-Ribes and Roca-Puig collections in Barcelona. The manuscripts come from the Monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit, one of the largest monastic settlements in Egypt between the Late Antiquity and the Early Islamic Period (sixth–eighth centuries CE). The composition of their black inks was investigated in situ using near-infrared reflectography (NIRR) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF). The analyses determined that the manuscripts were written using different types of ink: pure carbon ink; carbon ink containing iron; mixed inks containing carbon, polyphenols and metallic elements; and iron-gall ink. The variety of inks used for the documentary texts seems to reflect the articulate administrative system of the monastery of Bawit. This study reveals that, in contrast to the documents, written mostly with carbon-based inks, literary biblical texts were written with iron-gall ink. The frequent reuse of papyrus paper for certain categories of documents may suggest that carbon-based inks were used for ephemeral manuscripts, since they were easy to erase by abrasion.
The survey of Canadian shale sites showed a dominance of halophilic microorganisms, including Halomonas (HA). Nitrate-amended incubations of the field samples under high salinity (14.6% NaCl), revealed a dominance of HA (>72%) and an accumulation of nitrite. Nitrite accumulation directly inhibited the growth of SRB, thereby decreasing their souring and corrosion risks. However, accumulated nitrite may also contribute to iron corrosion, which will be tested by using different concentrations of nitrate as an electron acceptor to HA. Different salinities are further tested on HA strains supplemented with iron coupons to determine their effects on iron corrosion rates. HA incubated with separate cultures of corrosive methanogen and SRB were tested to determine whether a positive or adverse effect will occur between them. Lastly, analyses of iron coupons will be conducted using TOF-SIMS, FIB-SEM and EDS for corrosion product characterization
Dass Viren sich über Aerosolpartikel ausbreiten können, wurde bereits in vielen Studien gezeigt. Als Aerosol bezeichnet man ein Gemisch aus Luft mit darin verteilten festen oder flüssigen Partikeln. Ein Aerosol ist dabei immer dynamisch, da Partikel neugebildet, in oder mit der Luft transportiert und aus der Luft entfernt werden oder sich im luftgetragenen Zustand verändern. Zum Verständnis der Rolle von Aerosolpartikeln als Übertragungsweg von SARS-CoV-2 ist daher die Kenntnis der verschiedenen Prozesse in einem Aerosol von besonderer Bedeutung. Mit diesem Papier möchte die GAeF einen Beitrag dazu leisten, den momentan so häufig anzutreffenden Begriff „Aerosol“ sowie die relevanten Aerosolprozesse anschaulich darzustellen und zu erläutern. Dabei wird im Rahmen dieses Papiers nur auf die wesentlichen Grundlagen eingegangen.
Für ein tiefergehendes Verständnis der teilweise komplexen Prozesse sei auf die angeführte Sekundärliteratur verwiesen. Das Papier fasst eine Vielzahl von Studien zur Entstehung von virenbeladenen Aerosolpartikeln sowie deren Ausbreitung zusammen. Darauf basierend kann festgestellt werden, dass ausgeatmete Aerosolpartikel auch bei der Corona-Pandemie eine prominente Rolle bei der Verbreitung der Viren spielen. Abschließend geht dieses Papier auf mögliche Maßnahmen zur Verringerung der Ausbreitung von Aerosolpartikeln ein. Die diskutierten Maßnahmen orientieren sich an der derzeitigen öffentlichen Diskussion und beinhalten entsprechend die folgenden Punkte: Lüften, Luftreiniger, Lüftungsanlagen und Masken. Es werden Hinweise zum richtigen und sinnvollen Einsatz dieser Maßnahmen gegeben. Aerosolpartikel haben Größen zwischen ca. 0,001 und mehreren 100 Mikrometern (und nicht wie in vielen Publikationen derzeit definiert < 5μm) und verteilen sich mit Luftströmungen relativ schnell, auch über größere Distanzen. Größere Aerosolpartikel sinken – abhängig von ihrer Größe und Dichte – zu Boden; kleine Aerosolpartikel können hingegen sehr lange in der Luft verbleiben (s. Kapitel 3). Jeder Mensch stößt durch die Atmung sowie beim Sprechen, Husten und Niesen flüssige Aerosolpartikel unterschiedlicher Größen aus (s. Kapitel 4). Ist eine Person mit einem Virus, wie z. B. SARS-CoV-2, infiziert, so können diese Aerosolpartikel Viren enthalten, die in die Luft gelangen und von anderen Personen eingeatmet werden können. SARS-CoV-2 hat eine Größe von 0,06 bis 0,14 Mikrometer, die exhalierten flüssigen Aerosolpartikel sind hingegen größer. Die flüssigen Aerosolpartikel können aber je nach Umgebungsbedingungen durch Verdunstung schrumpfen (s. Kapitel 3.3). Für den Partikeltransport und die Partikelabscheidung ist dabei jeweils die aktuelle Partikelgröße relevant. Das höchste Infektionsrisiko besteht in geschlossenen Innenräumen, da sich hierin Aerosolpartikel anreichern können. Insbesondere hier sind entsprechend Maßnahmen zu treffen, die eine Reduktion der Aerosolpartikelkonzentration ermöglichen.
Vor dem Hintergrund der Aerosolwissenschaften ordnet die GAeF die aktuellen Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung der Pandemie wie folgt ein:
• Prinzipiell gilt: Keine Maßnahme kann für sich alleine funktionieren! Das Zusammenspiel der verschiedensten Maßnahmen ist nach derzeitigem Wissensstand der beste Weg zur Minimierung des Infektionsrisikos.
• Abstand halten ist wichtig, denn mit zunehmendem Abstand werden direkt ausgeatmete Viren verdünnt, und die Wahrscheinlichkeit sich anzustecken sinkt. Der vielfach vorgeschriebene Mindestabstand kann als Anhaltspunkt dienen, sollte aber insbesondere bei längeren Zusammenkünften und auch in Innenräumen mit verringerter Luftbewegung vergrößert und durch weitere Maßnahmen (s.u.) ergänzt werden.
• Masken helfen, einen Teil der exhalierten Partikel (und Viren) zu filtern. Dadurch sinkt die Konzentration der exhalierten Partikel (und Viren) in einem Raum und damit das Infektionsrisiko. Hierbei ist zu beachten, dass die ausgeatmeten Aerosolpartikel durch anhaftende Feuchtigkeit relativ groß sind und somit auch von einfachen Masken effizient zurückgehalten werden können. Da diese Partikel aber mit längerer Verweilzeit in der Raumluft schrumpfen, sind einfache Mund-Nasen-Bedeckungen für den Selbstschutz weniger effizient. Hierfür sind Atemschutzmasken erforderlich, die auch für feine Partikel eine hohe Abscheidung zeigen, z. B. der Klassen FFP2, N95 oder KN95. Diese sind sowohl für den Selbst- als auch den Fremdschutz effizient, sofern sie über kein Ausatemventil verfügen. Masken mit Ausatemventil dienen hingegen nur dem Selbstschutz und widersprechen daher dem Solidaritätskonzept, dass Mitmenschen durch kollektives Maskentragen geschützt werden.
• Gesichtsvisiere, die ohne zusätzliche Verwendung von Masken eingesetzt werden, sind hinsichtlich Aerosolpartikeln weitgehend nutzlos, da die Luft mit Partikeln (und Viren) ungefiltert um die Visiere herumströmt. Gesichtsvisiere werden im klinischen Alltag zusätzlich zu Masken getragen, um Tröpfcheninfektion über die Schleimhäute der Augen zu verhindern. Ebenfalls weitgehend unwirksam gegen die Aerosolverbreitung in Innenräumen sind mobile oder fest installierte Plexiglasbarrieren. Diese können nur kurzfristig die kleinräumige Ausbreitung eines Aerosols, z. B. im Kassenbereich eines Supermarkts, verhindern, bieten aber längerfristig keinen Schutz. Gesichtsvisiere und Plexiglasscheiben dienen im Wesentlichen als Spuck- und Spritzschutz gegenüber großen Tröpfchen.
• Im Freien finden so gut wie keine Infektionen durch Aerosolpartikel statt. Allerdings können Tröpfcheninfektionen auftreten, insbesondere in Menschenansammlungen, wenn Mindestabstände nicht eingehalten und/oder keine Masken getragen werden. In geschlossenen Räumen ist Lüften unerlässlich, um die ausgeatmete Luft in einem Raum durch frische Luft von draußen zu ersetzen. Häufiges Stoß- und Querlüften sind dabei vergleichbar effektiv wie dauernd das Fenster vollständig geöffnet zu lassen. Aus energetischer Sicht ist Stoß- oder Querlüften insbesondere im Winter allerdings effizienter. CO2-Monitore können bei der Überwachung der Luftqualität in Innenräumen helfen. Sie zeigen an, wann gelüftet werden sollte und wann die Luft in einem Raum während des Lüftens ausreichend gewechselt ist. Sie können jedoch nur als Indikator verwendet werden und verhindern selbst bei Einhaltung der vorgeschlagenen CO2-Grenzkonzentrationen keine direkte Infektion durch unmittelbar benachbarte Personen.
• Luftreiniger können einen sinnvollen Beitrag leisten, um die Partikel- und Virenkonzentration in einem Raum zu reduzieren. Bei der Beschaffung von Luftreinigern muss darauf geachtet werden, dass diese für den betrachteten Raum und die betrachtete Anwendung ausreichend dimensioniert sind, um die Partikel- und Virenlast signifikant zu verringern. Dem Luftdurchsatz des Gerätes kommt dabei eine größere Bedeutung zu, als der reinen Effizienz des Filters. Aus energetischen und Kostenerwägungen kann die Verwendung hocheffizienter Filter sogar kontraproduktiv sein. Fest verbaute Lüftungsanlagen können ebenso sinnvoll sein, sofern sie die Luft filtern, um die Partikel- und Virenlast in einem Raum zu verringern. Hierbei ist es zur Vermeidung von Infektionen sinnvoll, diese möglichst mit 100 % Frischluft zu betreiben.
Aus Sicht der Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung besteht erheblicher Forschungsbedarf insbesondere an den interdisziplinären Grenzen zu Forschungsfeldern der Epidemiologie, Infektiologie, Virologie, Lüftungstechnik und Strömungsmechanik. Die Durchführung gezielter Studien sollte kurzfristig mit speziellen Förder- und Forschungsprogrammen ermöglicht werden. Dieses Papier wurde von Mitgliedern der Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung verfasst und wird von einer Vielzahl internationaler Aerosolexperten unterstützt (s. Kapitel 8). Neben der vorliegenden Version existiert auch eine englischsprachige Übersetzung (siehe www.info.gaef.de). Sämtliche Abbildungen in diesem Papier stehen unter folgendem Link zum kostenlosen Download bereit: https://www.info.gaef.de/positionspapier. Bei jeder Verwendung ist „Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung e. V.“ als Quelle zu nennen.
Many studies have already shown that viruses can spread via aerosol particles. An aerosol is a mixture of air with solid or liquid particles dispersed in it. To understand the role of aerosol particles as a transmission path of SARS-CoV-2, knowledge of the different processes in an Aerosol is therefore of particular importance. With this paper, GAeF would like to contribute to a better understanding of the term “aerosol” and the relevant aerosol processes. In the context of this paper only the essential basics will be discussed. For a deeper understanding of the partly complex processes, please refer to the literature mentioned at the end of the paper.
The paper summarises a large number of studies on the formation of virus-laden aerosol particles and their spread. Based on this, it can be concluded that exhaled aerosol particles may play a prominent role in the spread of viruses in the corona pandemic. Finally, this paper discusses possible measures to reduce the spread of aerosol particles. The measures discussed are based on the current public debate including ventilation, air purifiers, HVAC systems and masks. Advice is given on the correct and sensible use of these measures.
An aerosol is always dynamic, as particles are newly formed, transported in or with the air, removed from the air or change in the airborne state. Aerosol particles have sizes between approx. 0.001 and several 100 micrometres (and not < 5 μm as currently defined in many publications) and spread relatively quickly with air currents, even over longer distances. Larger aerosol particles sink to the ground, depending on their size and density, while small aerosol particles can remain in the air for a very long time (see Section 3). Every person emits liquid aerosol particles of various sizes through breathing and when speaking, coughing and sneezing (see Section 4). If a person is infected with a virus, such as SARS-CoV-2, these aerosol particles can contain viruses that can be released into the air and inhaled by other people. SARS-CoV-2 has a size of 0.06 to 0.14 micrometres, but the exhaled liquid aerosol particles are larger. The liquid aerosol particles can shrink by evaporation, depending on the ambient conditions (see Section 3.3). Particle size is relevant for particle transport and particle separation. The highest risk of infection exists in closed indoor spaces, as aerosol particles can accumulate there.
Here in particular, appropriate measures must be taken to reduce the concentration of aerosol particles (see Section 5).
Against the background of aerosol science, the GAeF classifies the current measures to contain the pandemic as follows:
• In principle, no measure can work on its own! According to the current state of knowledge, the interaction of the most varied measures is the best way to minimise the risk of infection.
• Keeping distance is important, because with increasing distance, directly exhaled viruses are diluted and the probability of infection decreases. The often prescribed minimum distance can be used as a guide, but it should be increased and supplemented by other measures (see below), especially for longer meetings and also indoors with reduced air movement.
• Masks help to filter some of the exhaled particles (and viruses). This reduces the concentration of exhaled particles (and viruses) in a room and thus the risk of infection. It should be noted here that the exhaled aerosol particles are relatively large due to adhering moisture and can therefore also be efficiently retained by simple masks. However, since these particles shrink with longer dwell time in the room air, simple mouth-nose masks are less efficient for self-protection. Respiratory masks are required for this purpose, which show a high degree of separation even for fine particles, e.g. of classes FFP2, N95 or KN95. These are efficient for both self-protection and protection of others unless they have an exhalation valve. Masks with an exhalation valve, on the other hand, are only for self-protection and therefore contradict the solidarity concept that fellow human beings are protected by collective mask wearing. Face shields which are used without additional masks are largely useless with regard t• aerosol particles, as the air with particles (and viruses) flows unfiltered around the shields. In everyday clinical practice, facial shields are worn in addition to masks to prevent droplet infection via the mucous membranes of the eyes. Mobile or permanently installed Plexiglas barriers are also largely ineffective against the spread of aerosols indoors. These can only prevent the smallscale spread of an aerosol in the short term, e.g. in the checkout area of a supermarket, but offer no protection in the longer term. Face shields and Plexiglas panels essentially serve as spit and splash protection against large droplets.
• Outdoors, there are practically no infections caused by aerosol transmission. However, droplet infections can still occur, especially in crowds, if minimum distances are not observed and/or masks are not worn. In closed rooms, ventilation is essential to replace the exhaled air in a room with fresh air from outside. Frequent airing and cross-ventilation is just as effective as leaving the window open all the time. From an energy point of view, however, it is more efficient to ventilate the room, especially in winter. CO2 monitors can help to monitor indoor air quality. They indicate when it is necessary to ventilate and when the air in a room has been sufficiently changed during ventilation. However, they can only be used as an indicator and even if the proposed CO2 limit concentrations are met, they do not prevent direct infection by people in the immediate vicinity.
• Air purifiers can make a useful contribution to reducing the concentration of particles and viruses in a room. When procuring air purifiers, care must be taken to ensure that they are adequately dimensioned for the room and application in question in order to significantly reduce the particle and virus load. The air throughput of the unit is more important than the pure efficiency of the filter. For energy and cost reasons, the use of highly efficient filters can even be counterproductive. Permanently installed ventilation systems can also be useful, provided they filter the air to reduce the particle and virus load in a room. To avoid infections, it is advisable to operate them with 100 % fresh air if possible.
From the point of view of the Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung, there is a considerable need for research, especially at the interdisciplinary borders to research fields of epidemiology, infectiology, virology, ventilation technology and fluid mechanics. The implementation of targeted studies should be made possible at short notice with special funding and research programmes.
This paper was written originally in German by members of the Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung and is supported by a large number of international aerosol experts. Both the English and German version as well as all images in the paper are available for free download at the following link: https://www.info.gaef.de/positionspapier. The “Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung e. V.” must be named as the source, whenever an image is used.
While sociality is present in a taxonomically diverse number of species, most animals remain solitary (Bourke, 2011). Over the last centuries, this apparent imbalance in social and non-social animals has led to a great deal of research aimed at shedding light on the biotic and abiotic factors explaining the emergence and maintenance of sociality in nature (West et al., 2015).
Among them, microbes were quickly identified as a major problem for the evolution of social life, because frequent contact between group members typically facilitates the transmission of pathogens, high nest fidelity favours the establishment of microbial pathogens close to their social hosts and, finally, because social groups often exhibit limited genetic diversity and thus limited genetic resistance against certain pathogen strains (Schmid-Hempel, 1998; Cremer et al., 2007). However, this long-standing view has changed considerably over the last few years. Recent research indeed revealed that group living may be more effective than solitary living to Limit the risk of infection by pathogenic microbes because group living also allows the development of an additional layer of defence against pathogens in the form of social immunity (Cremer et al., 2007; Cotter and Kilner, 2010). Under strong pressure from pathogens, microbes could therefore promote, rather than hinder, the evolutionary transition from solitary to group Living (Meunier, 2015; Biedermann and Rohlfs, 2017). Moreover, we are increasingly aware that many microbes provide essential benefits to their hosts by performing critical digestive, physiological, and reproductive functions (Engel and Moran, 2013; McFall-Ngai et al., 2013). The need to Access beneficial microbes may thus have played a role in the expression of frequent and tight interactions between conspecifics and ultimately promoted social evolution (Wilson, 1971; Onchuru et al., 2018). Finally, a growing number of studies suggest that microbes could enforce the Aggregation and expression of cooperative behaviours of the hosts to increase their chance of reaching new hosts and may therefore be involved in the evolution of host sociality (Lewin-Epstein et al., 2017) (but see Johnson and Foster, 2018).
Indoor air quality is affected by the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOC) or the odour from building products. Odours can be measured by applying the standard ISO 16000-28:2020.
In the study presented here proposals for further technical development of the ISO method are presented. The sampling procedure and evaluation
method of the perceived intensity are investigated in particular because they have a major influence on reproducibility of measurement results.