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Single Particle Motion. Reading: Chaps 3 & 5. Want to be great athletes? Study aerosol science & engineering because you surely need to know how to control particle movement in the air!. V.
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Single Particle Motion Reading: Chaps 3 & 5 Want to be great athletes? Study aerosol science & engineering because you surely need to know how to control particle movement in the air!
V • Newton’s Resistance Law The force is proportional to the gas pushed away and the relative velocity between the sphere and the gas (negligible viscous force) CD = 0.44 (sphere) for 103 < Rep < 2×105 Delivery van 0.04 Sports car 1.0 Airplane 0.25 ? • Reynolds Number: ratio of inertial forces to frictional forces (Chap.2.5) For a spherical particle, L = dp, Q: Choose a combination of dp and V when the Newton’s Law can be applied.
Stokes’ Law: negligible inertial force compared to viscous force (Rep < 1); in a laminar flow for a spherical particle • Assumptions used in solving Navier Stokes’ equation: • Incompressible flow (g = cons) • Constant motion (V = const) • Rigid sphere • Fluid velocity on the particle surface
Settling Velocity • When the drag force is equal and opposite to the gravitational force • Particle Mechanical Mobility • Settling Velocity ~0 Q: What is the physical meaning of B? Q: Does a smaller or a larger particle have larger mobility?
1 mm 0.1 mm : mean free path (Chap 2.3) 0.066 mm for air @STP • Cunningham Slip Correction Factor: gas velocity at the surface of small particles is not zero --> slip (Re < 1) Q: So is the corrected VTS larger or smaller?
Aerodynamic Diameter • The Stokes diameter, ds, is the diameter of the sphere that has the same density and settling velocity as the particle. • The aerodynamic diameter, da, is the diameter of the unit density (0 = 1 g/cm3) sphere that has the same settling velocity as the particle. Cunningham factor should be included if dp < 1 mm Q: Can we design an instrument by applying settling velocity?
Horizontal Elutriator (settling chamber, spectrometer) Q: Can it be vertical? Q: Can we make the acceleration > g?
Vertical Elutriator http://getdomainvids.com
Centrifuge Separator Cheng et al., 1988
FD=3VTSdp FD=3V(t)dp Particle Acceleration • Newton’s law = mB : relaxation time Q: What is the physical meaning of relaxation time? FG=mg FG=mg FG=mg t=0 V(t)=0 t= V(t)=VTS t>3 V(t)=VTS
Non-zero Initial velocity Displacement Stopping Distance Time for unit density particles to reach their terminal velocity • An aerosol can adjust itself very quickly to a new environment!!!
Inertial Impaction • Stokes number: the ratio of the stopping distance of a particle to a characteristic dimension of the obstacle • For an impactor Q: Stk << 1? Stk >> 1? http://aerosol.ees.ufl.edu/
Determine dp50 Stk50 for 2 impactors
Cascade Impactor Aerosol flow In http://aerosol.ees.ufl.edu/instrumentation/section04.html Clean air out
Q: Advantages? Disadvantages?
Virtual Impactor Collection efficiency & internal loss curves for a virtual impactor Aerosol concentrator? Cyclone?
CYCLONE Outlet http://aerosol.ees.ufl.edu Inlet Vortex Finder Cyclone body Cylinder Cone Dust Discharger
Time of Flight Q: Comparison with an impactor?
Aerodynamic Focusing Lens Time of Flight (TOF) vs Time in Beam (TIB) TSI Operating Manual, 2004