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Particle Emission Characteristics and Measurement of Ultrafine Particles from Laser Printer  

Lee, Kyung Hwan (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University)
Kim, Sun Man (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University)
Ahn, Kang-Ho (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University)
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Particle and aerosol research / v.6, no.3, 2010 , pp. 123-129 More about this Journal
Abstract
As the indoor activity increases in recent years, the indoor air quality becomes more important. One of the major contaminants in office space is the copy machines and the laser based printers. These devices usually emit nano-particles and chemical species that may give some health effect. The amount of particles generated by the printers and copy machines depend on printer models, printing speed, toners, papers, humidity and so on. To evaluate the emission rate of nano-particles from Laser Printers, the mass concentration measurement method has been used (BAM, 2004). However, the mass concentration measurement method for nano-particles is tedious and time consuming. Therefore, for the development of a new nano-particle counting method, the nano-particle emission characteristics and size distributions are evaluated.
Keywords
Nanoparticles; OA Device; Laser Printer; Test Chamber;
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