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Aerosol sizing with a slotted virtual impactor

Journal Article · · J. Colloid Interface Sci.; (United States)

A theoretical analysis of a two-dimensional jet of ideal fluid impinging normally upon a void has been extended to include fluid deflecting plates of finite length inclined at arbitrary angles to the incident jet. Particle trajectories were numerically simulated for various theoretically admissible instrument geometries. Salient features of the particle sizing effectiveness of the device were determined for a range of void space openings h/w > 1 combined with jet-to-plate spacings s/w ranging from 0 to 2, at two fluid deflecting plate angles ..beta.. = 60, 90/sup 0/. It was found numerically that internal particle losses were substantially reduced when the void h/w tends toward h/sub lim//w, its theoretical limiting value, and that instrument performance in general improved at smaller ..beta...

Research Organization:
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana
OSTI ID:
6011535
Journal Information:
J. Colloid Interface Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Colloid Interface Sci.; (United States) Vol. 65:1; ISSN JCISA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English