Nanoparticle electrostatic loss within corona needle charger during particle-charging process

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-184

  Huang, Cheng Hsiung ^b   Alonso, Manuel ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL METALLURGY   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Corona needle charger; Electrostatic loss; Modeling and simulation; Nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; AXIAL DISTANCE; CHARGING PROCESS; CORONA NEEDLE CHARGER; ELECTRICAL MOBILITY; ELECTROSTATIC DEPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MODELING AND SIMULATION; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PARTICLE CHARGE; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; RADIAL POSITION; REGRESSION EQUATION; SYMMETRY AXIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; NANOPARTICLES; NEEDLES; PARTICLE SIZE; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ELECTRIC LOSSES;

NANOPARTICLE;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CORONA NEEDLE CHARGER; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 79551592419     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-010-0016-1     Document Type: Article

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