Analysis of High Volume Slit Type Two-Stage Virtual Impactor for Particle Size Classification

특정크기 입자농축을 위한 대유량 슬릿형 2단 가상충돌기의 성능분석

A two-stage slit type virtual impactor based on the concept of the single stage virtual impactor has been designed, fabricated, and evaluated for the purpose of concentrating the suspended particles in the air with the size range of 1.8-4.5 .mu.m and handling large flow volume. Monodisperse methylene blue particles have been generated with vibrating orifice aerosol generator (VOAG). The separation efficiency and concentration efficiency have been measured by the UV-visible absorption spectrometry. Previous study for a single stage virtual impactor were used to determine the design parameters such as 50% cut-off sizes and dimensions of the two stage virtual impactor. The separation efficiency curve and 50% cut-off Stokes number(cut-off sizes) are not sensitive to the nozzle Reynolds number, but sensitive to the ratio between the minor flow rate and the total flow rate, The measured concentration efficiency was compared with the maximum concentration efficiency determined by the separation efficiencies of the first and the second stages. The differences between the measured and the maximum concentration efficiencies result from the wall loss due to the deposited particles on the internal walls inside the impactor.

본 연구에서는 800 1pm인 대유량을 처리하고 공기중 1.8~4.5$\mu\textrm{m}$ 입자를 효율 적으로 선별하여 농축시키는 슬릿형 2단 가상충돌기를 설계 제작하고 그 성능이 평가 되었다. 즉, 첫째단과 둘째단에서 4.5$\mu\textrm{m}$과 1.8$\mu\textrm{m}$이 각각 50%의 효율로 분리되도록 설계되었다. 즉, 첫째단과 둘째단에서 4.5$\mu\textrm{m}$과 1.8$\mu\textrm{m}$이 각각 50%의 효율로 분리되도 록 설계한다. 설계인자(design parameter)들을 결정하기 위하여 먼저 슬릿형 노즐의 1단 가상충돌기의 분리효율(separation efficiency)에 대한 실험을 통하여 50% 커트오 프 Stokes수를 구하고, 이를 기초로 하여 2단 가상 충돌기의 주요치수와 작동조건을 결정하였다.