This documents the progress on building an air quality monitoring station for detecting mainly PM2.5 pollution.
Real time results chart: https://torntrousers.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/iot/aq.html
Official London real time air quailty index: https://aqicn.org/city/london/
Docs:
Air pollution emitted from charcoal grill restaurants (92.5% of the particulate matter was found to have a mean diameter size of less than 3ugm) https://doi.org/10.1080/00022470.1977.10470466
Control of Air Pollution from Restaurant Charbroilers https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00022470.1977.10470466
Polluted air carries Corona virus https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/24/coronavirus-detected-particles-air-pollution
Charcoal grills for cooking meat and fish are not permitted inside restaurants as the government has not included charcoal grills in its list of exempt appliances (seems maybe out of date?) https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/printpdf/231
List of authorised fuels for smoke control areas in England https://smokecontrol.defra.gov.uk/fuels.php?country=england
Field evaluation of low-cost particulate matter sensors in high- and low-concentration environments https://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/11/4823/2018/amt-11-4823-2018.pdf
Sensors used: Common cheap ones are PMS5003/PMS7003 and sds011 etc. Some discussion: https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/9317/which-dust-sensor-do-you-use-and-why/16