Explanation on static IAQ, breath VOC and CO2 equivalent

Hi,

On BSEC documentation, I can find this:

Static IAQ: Unscaled indoor-air-quality estimate
Breath VOC: Breath VOC concentration estimate [ppm]
CO2 equivalent: CO2 equivalent estimate [ppm]

Could you detail these data please?

I don't understand what data static IAQ can reveal?

Breath VOC will be superior to 0 only when there are people close to the sensor?

Thanks,

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biboc wrote:

So BVOC is only a mixture of gaz emitted by human. So BVOC value will only be more than one if the mixture of sensors is detected, meaning a human breathing?


The bVOC-equivalent output is not binary (0/1) if the mixture is detected, but an estimated VOC concentration output (in ppm) based on the static IAQ output and lab tests (including with the b-VOC mixture).


biboc wrote:
Since fire emits CO2, CO2eq would be very high in case of fire?

The BME680 is a TVOC sensor, not a CO2 sensor. Therefore any BSEC output will always be proportional to the total VOC concentration detected by the BME680 in its environment, not to CO2.

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