Wetted wall cyclones for bioaerosol sampling

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 241-252

  McFarland, Andrew R ^a   Haglund, John S ^b   King, Maria D ^a   Hu, Shishan ^c   Phull, Manpreet S ^a   Moncla, Brandon W ^a   Seo, Youngjin ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AEROSOL SAMPLING; AIR SAMPLING FLOW; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BG SPORES; BIOAEROSOLS; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; CUT-POINT; EFFICIENCY CURVES; EXISTING SYSTEMS; LIQUID FLOW RATES; LOWER PRESSURES; MONODISPERSE; OUTFLOW RATE; PRESSURE LOSS; SINGLE CELLS; SIZE RANGES; SPECIFIC POWER; WETTED WALL;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BACTERIOLOGY; LIQUIDS; STORMS; WETTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

RETINOL;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CYCLONE SEPARATOR; DEVICE; EVAPORATION; FLOW RATE; FUNGUS SPORE; GEOMETRY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS;

EID: 77949585551     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820903555552     Document Type: Article

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