Abstract
Particle deposition in different regions of a critical orifice assembly was studied numerically and experimentally. The investigated orifice is an O'Keefe E-9 (O'Keefe Control Co.) orifice whose diameter is 0.231 mm and critical flow rate is 0.455 slpm. The orifice assembly has an inlet tube (inner diameter = 10.4 mm, length = 90 mm) and outlet tube (inner diameter = 6.2 mm, length = 60 mm). In the numerical study, axisymmetric, laminar flow field of the orifice assembly was obtained first by solving the Navier-Stokes equations. The diffusion loss of nanoparticles was then calculated by solving the convection-diffusion equation. Inertial impaction and interception loss of 2-10 μ m particles was calculated by tracing particle trajectories in the flow field. In the experimental study, monodisperse NaCl (20-800 nm in aerodynamic diameter) and fluorescein-containing oleic acid (2-10 μ m in aerodynamic diameter) particles were used to test particle loss in both diffusion- and inertial impaction-dominated regimes. The numerical results were compared with the experimental data and good agreement was obtained with the maximum deviation smaller than 10.4%.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 935-949 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Journal of Aerosol Science |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2007 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Authors would like to thank for the financial support of this project by Taiwan National Science Council (NSC 94-2211-E-009-001 and NSC 94-2211-E-009-048).
Keywords
- Aerodynamic lens
- Aerosol sampling and transport
- Critical orifice
- Inertial impaction
- Particle deposition