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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2004.28.3.349

Design and Performance Evaluation of a Low Pressure Impactor for Sampling Submicron Aerosols  

Ji, Jun-Ho (연세대학교 나노과학기술연구단)
Cho, Myung-Hoon (연세대학교 대학원 기계공학과)
Bae, Gwi-Nam (한국과학기술원 대기자원연구센터)
Hwang, Jung-Ho (연세대학교 기계공학과)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.28, no.3, 2004 , pp. 349-358 More about this Journal
Abstract
A low pressure impactor is an impaction device to separate airborne particles into aerodynamic size classes at low pressure condition. We designed a two-stage low-pressure impactor to classify submicron sized environmental aerosols. Performance evaluation was carried out for stages 1 and 2 by using an electrical method. Monodisperse liquid dioctyl sebacate (DOS) particles were generated using evaporation-condensation process followed by electrostatic classification using a DMA (differential mobility analyzer). The test particles were in the range of 0.08∼0.8$\mu\textrm{m}$. For the evaluation of the impactor we used two electrometers; one was connected to the impaction plate of the impactor and the other was to the Faraday cage used as a backup filter. The effect of polydispersity of test aerosols on the performance was investigated. The results showed that the experimental 50-% cutoff diameters at each impactor's operation pressure were 0.53 and 0.187$\mu\textrm{m}$ for stages 1 and stage 2, respectively. The effects of operation pressure on the cutoff diameter and the steepness of collection efficiency curves were also investigated.
Keywords
Low Pressure Impactor; Submicron Particle; Cascade Impactor; Cutoff Diameter;
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