Abstract
Diesel soot overloads the ELPI-impactor rapidly if it is equipped with the standard flat-surface impactors. This non-ideal behaviour was studied recently (J. Aerosol Sci. 32 (2001) 1117). It was found that rapid overloading, or surface build-up, is a result of a fluffy bed of soot particles that covers the impactor surfaces and starts to filter airborne soot particles. This paper reports additional results with oil-soaked sintered impactors for the ELPI. It is demonstrated that (rapid) overloading is eliminated with oil-soaked sintered impactors. The maximum allowed mass load for the ELPI impactor is increased 50-fold.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 635-640 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Aerosol Science |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 26 Feb 2003 |
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| Publication status | Published - May 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |