Effects of system parameters on particle statistics in aerosol charge and size measurement in oscillatory electric fields

Author

Kulon, Janusz ; Zhang, Lu ; Roula, M.A.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Adv. Technol., Univ. of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, UK

fYear

2011

fDate

10-12 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, a numerical model of aerosol Particle Charge and Size Analyzer is discussed together with the simulation results. In order to determine the optimal range of system parameters, the effect of drive frequency, strength of the electric field, mean flow velocity on the particle count percentage have been investigated based on the specific criteria in sine and square wave excitation fields. The optimal range of system parameters for both excitation methods has been determined with the recommended values proposed for sine and square wave excitation systems.

Keywords

aerosols; charge measurement; electric fields; size measurement; statistics; aerosol charge measurement; aerosol particle charge analyzer; aerosol particle size analyzer; aerosol size measurement; mean flow velocity; oscillatory electric fields; particle statistics; square wave excitation fields; system parameter effects; Atmospheric measurements; Frequency measurement; Measurement by laser beam; Particle measurements; Size measurement; Velocity measurement; Volume measurement; Aerosol; Phase Doppler Anemometry; particle charge and size measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Binjiang

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7933-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2011.5944069

Filename

5944069