Main Title |
Sampling charged particles with cascade impactors / |
Author |
Farthing, W. E. ;
Hussey, D. H. ;
Smith, W. B. ;
Wilson, Jr, R. R. ;
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Other Authors |
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CORP Author |
Southern Research Inst., Birmingham, AL.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. |
Publisher |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory ; Available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, |
Year Published |
1979 |
Report Number |
EPA-600/7-79-027; SORI-EAS-79-024; EPA-68-02-2131 |
Stock Number |
PB-290 897 |
OCLC Number |
07855674 |
Subjects |
Aerosols ;
Particle size determination ;
Electrostatic precipitation
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Additional Subjects |
Particle size distribution ;
Aerosols ;
Air pollution control ;
Sampling ;
Electrostatic precipitators ;
Performance evaluation ;
Laboratory equipment ;
Design criteria ;
Cascade impactors ;
Procedures
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EKBD |
EPA-600/7-79-027 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
12/19/2003 |
ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA 600-7-79-027 |
Received from HQ |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/04/2023 |
ESAD |
EPA 600-7-79-027 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
10/31/2017 |
NTIS |
PB-290 897 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
ix, 79 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
Abstract |
The report discusses three sets of experiments which demonstrate that a cascade impactor sampling a charged aerosol may yield a particle size distribution measurement that deviates from the time distribution. The distributions indicated more large particles and fewer small particles than actually existed, due to the particles' attraction to the grounded impactor plates (stages). Although higher charge levels produced larger deviations from the true size distribution, the magnitude of the deviation and the corresponding correction factor for any given charged aerosol are unpredictable. Also, the error was smaller if glass fiber substrates were used as collection surfaces instead of bare metal. For electrostatic precipitators operating at normal charging conditions (an electric field of 400,000 V/m and a current density of 0.0003 A/sq m/s), the size distribution (measured by the lower stages of an Andersaen cascade impactor with glass fiber substrates) was not significantly different from the true size distribution. |
Notes |
"Southern Research Institute." "Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Energy, Minerals, and Industry." "January 1979." Includes bibliographical references. "Contract no. 68-02-2131, T.D. 10401 and 11301, program element no. EHE624." |