Observation based analysis for the determination of equilibrium time constant between ammonia, acid gases, and fine particles

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-247

  Baek, Bok Haeng ^a   Aneja, Viney P ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia ammonium chloride; Ammonia ammonium nitrate; Equilibrium time constant; Gas to particle conversion

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; DIFFUSION; METEOROLOGY; RATE CONSTANTS; STORMS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EQUILIBRIUM TIME CONSTANTS; HOG FARMS; KINETIC RATE CONSTANTS; OBSERVATION BASED ANALYSIS;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; AMMONIUM NITRATE; CITRIC ACID; INORGANIC COMPOUND; SODIUM CARBONATE;

AEROSOL; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYCLONE SEPARATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FILTER; HUMIDITY; KINETICS;

EID: 18944405808     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2005.006864     Document Type: Article

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