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| Title: | Real time measurement of aerosol size distribution using MASTERSIZER |
| Authors: | Baskaran, R
Subramanian, V
Selvakumaran, T S |
| Keywords: | Mastersizer
Aerosol size
Aerosol test facility
Fast reactor safety |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2006 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | B01J19/00 |
| Abstract: |
An Aerosol Test
Facility (ATF) has been set-up at Radiological Safety Division (RSD), Indira Gandhi
Center for Atomic
Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, for the aerosol studies on fast reactor safety. In
order to measure the Mass Median Diameter (MMD) of the aerosols in real time, a
laser based instrument MASTERSIZER (M/s MALVERN,
UK) is used.
Mastersizer is provided with a liquid flow cell and a powder spray unit which
are useful for the off-line measurement. For the real time measurement, an
aerosol flow cell is designed and fabricated. It is integrated with the
MASTERSIZER and the aerosol chamber of ATF. Aerosols are drawn through the
aerosol flow cell whose optical windows are aligned with the laser path of
MASTERSIZER. In this paper, the details and the performance test results of the
aerosol flow cell are presented. Performance test of the aerosol flow cell is
carried out with polystyrene latex particles of diameter 2.799 µm and methylene
blue aerosols. Sodium oxide aerosols are generated and injected into the
aerosol chamber, and the time evolution of MMD of sodium oxide aerosols has
been studied.
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| Page(s): | 576-580 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1041 (Online); 0019-5596 (Print) |
| Source: | IJPAP Vol.44(08) [August 2006]
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