Abstract
To test the performance of aerosol samplers, a new method is proposed which uses scaling relationships and existing empirical equations for aspiration efficiency. The method may be used to prescribe experimental conditions and small-scale sampler designs that can be tested in small wind tunnels that are physically equivalent to testing full-scale samplers in large wind tunnels. The basic assumptions which underlie the measurement of aerosol sampler performance and the quantitative effects of errors arising from spatial and temporal non-uniformities in aerosol distributions are examined. Aspiration efficiency is strongly dependent on the spatial distributions of air velocity and particle concentration far upstream of the sampler.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 875-891 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Journal of Aerosol Science |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Engineering
- Pollution
- Mechanical Engineering
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
- Atmospheric Science