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Abstract
This work introduces a polydisperse aerosol testing system for respirable dust virtual impactor evaluation for the first time, and characterizes its performance. The aerosol in the dust chamber diluted and mixed completely, its diameter distribution follows a lognormal distribution. Although the aerosol concentration increased from top to bottom in the chamber, the particle distribution in the same measurement plane was relatively uniform. The sample flow rate of the test system is stable, and the change of temperature on the flow rate is negligible. The most common virtual impactor with the operating point flow rate of 4 L/min was selected as the subject, and its separation performance, flow variation and load characteristics were evaluated by this test system. The results show that the cutoff diameter deviation is − 2.8% and the maximum deviation from the BMRC curve is − 4.85%. The deviation in the cut-off diameter was more likely to be caused by the minor flow rate than that of a major flow rate. With an increase in the loading time and dust concentration, the virtual impactor was overloaded, which required maintenance according to its actual usage.
期刊介绍:
Although many phenomena observed in granular materials are still not yet fully understood, important contributions have been made to further our understanding using modern tools from statistical mechanics, micro-mechanics, and computational science.
These modern tools apply to disordered systems, phase transitions, instabilities or intermittent behavior and the performance of discrete particle simulations.
>> Until now, however, many of these results were only to be found scattered throughout the literature. Physicists are often unaware of the theories and results published by engineers or other fields - and vice versa.
The journal Granular Matter thus serves as an interdisciplinary platform of communication among researchers of various disciplines who are involved in the basic research on granular media. It helps to establish a common language and gather articles under one single roof that up to now have been spread over many journals in a variety of fields. Notwithstanding, highly applied or technical work is beyond the scope of this journal.