Submicrometer Aerosol Generator Development for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Human Exposure Laboratory

Thomas M Peters; HungMin Chein; Dale A Lundgren; Jon Berntsen

doi:10.1080/02786829408959663

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Submicrometer Aerosol Generator Development for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Human Exposure Laboratory

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Submicrometer Aerosol Generator Development for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Human Exposure Laboratory

Thomas M Peters, HungMin Chein, Dale A Lundgren and Jon Berntsen

Aerosol science and technology, Vol.20(1), pp.51-61

01/01/1994

DOI: 10.1080/02786829408959663

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Abstract

A submicrometer aerosol generation unit was developed for use in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new air pollution exposure chambers located on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The aerosol mass median aerodynamic diameter and mass concentration are operator-selected, ranging from 0.1 to 1.0 μm and from 0 to 2 mg/m 3 , respectively. The aerosol was to have a geometric standard deviation (GSD) of < 1.5. Two-fluid nebulization was selected to generate water-soluble aerosols. Multiple Collison-type nozzles are used to create a polydisperse droplet cloud. Aerosol uniformity is improved by removing the large droplets from the original distribution by passing the aerosol through an external impaction device. Variations in the solvent-solute ratio, nebulizer driving pressure, impactor cut-point size, and number of nozzles are used to control the final aerosol size and mass concentration. Aerosol size distributions were determined with an electrical aerosol analyzer and a low-pressure impactor. By means of data obtained by testing several experimental nebulizers, a 48-nozzle prototype submicrometer aerosol generator was designed, constructed, and tested. The GSD of the aerosol produced ranged from 1.4 to 1.6 and the mass output, upon generator replication, can satisfy maximum exposure chamber demands.

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Title: Subtitle: Submicrometer Aerosol Generator Development for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Human Exposure Laboratory
Creators: Thomas M Peters
HungMin Chein - University of Florida
Dale A Lundgren - University of Florida
Jon Berntsen - TRC Environmental Corporation
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Aerosol science and technology, Vol.20(1), pp.51-61
DOI: 10.1080/02786829408959663
ISSN: 0278-6826
eISSN: 1521-7388
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Language: English
Date published: 01/01/1994
Academic Unit: Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Occupational and Environmental Health
Record Identifier: 9984227057202771

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