Collection efficiency and interstage loss of nanoparticles in micro-orifice-based cascade impactors

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 325-333

  Liu, Chun Nan ^a   Awasthi, Amit ^a   Hung, Yi Hung ^a   Tsai, Chuen Jinn ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cascade impactor; Nanoparticle; Particle loss

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AMBIENT AIR; CASCADE IMPACTORS; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; COMPARISON TEST; CONVECTION DIFFUSION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; JET-TO-PLATE DISTANCES; MASS SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MICRO-ORIFICE; MICRO-ORIFICE UNIFORM DEPOSIT IMPACTOR; NOZZLE CLOGGING; NOZZLE DIAMETER; NOZZLE PLATES; NOZZLE SHAPE; PARTICLE LOSS; TOTAL LOSS;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NANOPARTICLES; ORIFICES;

NOZZLES;

NANOPARTICLE;

AERODYNAMICS; AMBIENT AIR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONVECTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SMOKE;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; INTERSTAGE LOSS; LITHOGRAPHY; MICROORIFICE BASED CASCADE IMPACTOR; PARAMETERS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR CASCADE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84873164641     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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