System for characterizing aerosols from bubbling liquids

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• Personal Author:
  Baron, Paul A. ; Scarpino PV ; Wangwongwatana S ; Willeke K
• Description:
  An experimental system was developed which could be used to investigate the transfer of materials from the liquid phase to the gaseous phase by multiple bubble bursting at the surface of the bubbling liquid. A number of operational parameters, such as bubble size, superficial gas velocity, bubble rise distance, and the compositions of the liquid could be changed. Uniform bubbles of several sizes were obtained with capillary tube gas diffusers. The system provided real time information on concentrations and size distributions of the liquid droplets and of the materials remaining from droplets of various size ranges after their evaporation. The fraction of the generated droplets which contains the study material could be determined. The system was used to characterize the bubble induced aerosols from a simulated activated sludge aeration tank and examples of the results were presented. With modifications, the system could be used to simulate other processes involving gas bubbling in a liquid, such as fermenters, health club whirlpools, and wastewater aeration tanks. The liquid in these systems may contain dissolved solids which affect the surface tension of the liquid suspension. This also caused changes in the bubble size and shape, the particle collection efficiency of the bubbles, and droplet formation from the bubble film and therefore the size of the residual particles in the final aerosol. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Air Pollutants, Occupational Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety
• Keywords:
  Aerosol-particles Aerosol-sampling Air-quality-monitoring Air-sampling Airborne-particles NIOSH-Author Physical-properties
• ISSN:
  0278-6826
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  297-307
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00199695
• Citation:
  Aerosol Sci Technol 1990; 13(3):297-307
• Contact Point Address:
  S. Wangwongwatana, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0071
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Aerosol Science and Technology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:30e8218ee0c0e9a5bf46e159f691b3fe95419b095d13e48d46badbd79be968c2a3038668c55199a5b657151f8b8847aa27fe353a5e47e9cc9239bd099824c92f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/205668/cdc_205668_DS1.pdf
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