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Title: Procedures manual for the recommended ARB (Air Resources Board) sized chemical sample method (cascade cyclones)

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5101838

The report is Attachment No. 2 to the Final Report of ARB Contract A3-092-32 and provides a tutorial on the use of Cascade (Series) Cyclones to obtain size-fractionated particulate samples from industrial flue gases at stationary sources. The instrumentation and procedures described are designed to protect the purity of the collected samples so that post-test chemical analysis may be performed for organic and inorganic compounds, including instrumental analysis for trace elements. The instrumentation described collects bulk quantities for each of six size fractions over the range 10 to 0.4 micrometer diameter. The report describes the operating principles, calibration, and empirical modeling of small cyclone performance. It also discusses the preliminary calculations, operation, sample retrieval, and data analysis associated with the use of cyclones to obtain size-segregated samples and to measure particle-size distributions.

Research Organization:
Southern Research Inst., Birmingham, AL (USA)
OSTI ID:
5101838
Report Number(s):
PB-86-218674/XAB; SORI-EAS-86-467
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English