The Bipolar Charge Aerosol Classifier

J Kulon*, B Malyan, Wamadeva Balachandran

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    Abstract

    The purpose of the paper is to briefly review some of the methods used to obtain aerosol bipolar charge distribution and to describe a novel instrument developed at Brunel University. The Bipolar Charge Aerosol Classifier (BCAC) is an improved version of a previously published Bipolar Charge Measurement System [1] eliminating some of his technical limitations. The BCAC is dedicated for characterizing aerosols exiting in the form of short duration, high velocity plumes with a relatively wide angle of particle dispersion delivered from the dispensing device. The instrument incorporates a front-end cylindrical arrangement consisting of ten well-insulated sections. Each of these sections is comprised of a cylindrical capacitor with a coaxial wire electrode maintained at a DC potential. Experimental tests were carried out with unipolarly and bipolarly charged aerosols of narrow size distribution. The preliminary results show that proposed technique can be successfully utilized for obtaining not only bipolar charge aerosol fractions but also indicate electrical mobility distribution.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationConference Record of the 2001 IEEE Industry Applications Conference
    Subtitle of host publication36th IAS Annual Meeting
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    Pages2241-2248
    Number of pages8
    ISBN (Print)0-7803-7114-3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2001
    Event36th Annual Meeting of the Industry-Application-Society (IAS) - CHICAGO, Israel
    Duration: 30 Sep 20004 Oct 2000

    Publication series

    NameIEEE INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING
    PublisherIEEE
    ISSN (Print)0197-2618

    Conference

    Conference36th Annual Meeting of the Industry-Application-Society (IAS)
    Country/TerritoryIsrael
    CityCHICAGO
    Period30/09/004/10/00

    Keywords

    • Aerosols
    • Change measurement
    • Current measurement
    • Particle measurements
    • Instruments
    • Spraying
    • Electrostatics
    • Powders
    • Size measurement
    • Aerodynamics

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