AN ENGINE EXHAUST PARTICLE SIZER{trademark} SPECTROMETER FOR TRANSIENT EMISSION PARTICLE MEASUREMENTS Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title AN ENGINE EXHAUST PARTICLE SIZER{trademark} SPECTROMETER FOR TRANSIENT EMISSION PARTICLE MEASUREMENTS

Creator

  • Author: Johnson, T: Caldow, R
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Pucher, A Mirme, A Kittelson, D
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE) (United States)

Publisher

  • Name: TSI Incorporated University of Tartu, Estonia Center for Diesel Research (EE)
    Place of Publication: United States
  • Name: University of Minnesota (United States)
    Place of Publication: United States

Date

  • Creation: 2003-08-24

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: There has been increased interest in obtaining size distribution data during transient engine operation where both particle size and total number concentrations can change dramatically. Traditionally, the measurement of particle emissions from vehicles has been a compromise based on choosing between the conflicting needs of high time resolution or high particle size resolution for a particular measurement. Currently the most common technique for measuring submicrometer particle sizes is the Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPSTM) system. The SMPS system gives high size resolution but requires an aerosol to be stable over a long time period to make a particle size distribution measurement. A Condensation Particle Counter (CPC) is commonly used for fast time response measurements but is limited to measuring total concentration only. This paper describes a new instrument, the Engine Exhaust Particle SizerTM (EEPSTM) spectrometer, which has high time resolution and a reasonable size resolution. The EEPS was designed specifically for measuring engine exhaust and, like the SMPS system, uses a measurement based on electrical mobility. Particles entering the instrument are charged to a predictable level, then passed through an annular space where they are repelled outward by the voltage from a central column. When the particles reach electrodes on the outer cylindrical (a column of rings), they create a current that is measured by an electrometer on one or more of the rings. The electrometer currents are measured multiple times per second to give high time resolution. A sophisticated realtime inversion algorithm converts the currents to particle size and concentration for immediate display.
  • Physical Description: 9 pages

Subject

  • Keyword: Spectrometers
  • Keyword: Aerosols
  • Keyword: Electrodes
  • Keyword: Engines
  • Keyword: Annular Space
  • Keyword: Time Resolution
  • STI Subject Categories: 33 Advanced Propulsion Systems
  • Keyword: Electrometers
  • Keyword: Particle Size
  • Keyword: Algorithms
  • Keyword: Transients
  • Keyword: Distribution
  • Keyword: Diesel Engines
  • Keyword: Resolution

Source

  • Conference: 9th Diesel Engine Emissions Reduction (DEER) Workshop 2003, Newport, RI (US), 08/24/2003--08/28/2003

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Article

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Report No.: CONF-200308--128
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 829823
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc778713

Note

  • Display Note: OSTI as DE00829823
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