Performance study of a disk-to-disk thermal precipitator

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 52, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-56

  Wang, Bin ^a,b   Ou, Qisheng ^b   Tao, Shu ^a   Chen, Da Ren ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Disk to disk thermal precipitator; Particle collection efficiency; Thermophoresis; Ultrafine particle sampler

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; EFFICIENCY; SILICONES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMOPHORESIS;

DISK-TO-DISK THERMAL PRECIPITATOR; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FLUORESCEIN SODIUMS; MONO-DISPERSE PARTICLES; PARTICLE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; THERMOPHORETIC VELOCITIES; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; SILICONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; DESIGN; DISPERSION; FLOW VELOCITY; HEATING; INSTRUMENTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SAMPLER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; DISK TO DISK THERMAL PRECIPITATOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW RATE; INSTRUMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84862171076     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: 18791964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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