There have been few investigations of effects of electrical charge, carried by lab-generated particles, on filtration efficiency testing. Here, we measured the elementary charge on particles and the fraction of partic...There have been few investigations of effects of electrical charge, carried by lab-generated particles, on filtration efficiency testing. Here, we measured the elementary charge on particles and the fraction of particles carrying that charge with a combined electrometer, differential mobility analyzer, and scanning mobility particle sizer. A typical solid NaCI aerosol and liquid diethylhexyl sebacate （DEHS） aerosol were generated with Collison and Laskin nebulizers, respectively. Our experimental results showed that NaCI aerosols carried more charge after aerosol generation. The average net elementary charge per particle was approximately 0.07. The NaCI aerosol was overall positively charged but contained a mixture of neutral and charged particles. Individual particles could carry at most four elementary charges. According to constant theorem, we speculated that original NaC1 aerosol contained 17% neutral, 45% positive-, and 38% negative-charged particles in the diameter range from 30 to 300nm. A Kr-85 neutralizer was used to decrease the charge on the NaCI particles. Our results indicated that the DEHS aerosol was electrically neutral. The effects of electric charge on particle collection by electret and electroneutral high efficiency particulate air （HEPA） filters were analyzed. Theoretical calculations suggested that charges on original NaCI aerosol particles enhanced the filtration efficiency of HEPA filters,展开更多
基金This work was financially supported by Beijing Natural Science Foundation （Grant No. 8142023）, Beijing Science and Technology Plan （Grant No. Z161100000716004）, and The Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant No. 51321002）.
文摘There have been few investigations of effects of electrical charge, carried by lab-generated particles, on filtration efficiency testing. Here, we measured the elementary charge on particles and the fraction of particles carrying that charge with a combined electrometer, differential mobility analyzer, and scanning mobility particle sizer. A typical solid NaCI aerosol and liquid diethylhexyl sebacate （DEHS） aerosol were generated with Collison and Laskin nebulizers, respectively. Our experimental results showed that NaCI aerosols carried more charge after aerosol generation. The average net elementary charge per particle was approximately 0.07. The NaCI aerosol was overall positively charged but contained a mixture of neutral and charged particles. Individual particles could carry at most four elementary charges. According to constant theorem, we speculated that original NaC1 aerosol contained 17% neutral, 45% positive-, and 38% negative-charged particles in the diameter range from 30 to 300nm. A Kr-85 neutralizer was used to decrease the charge on the NaCI particles. Our results indicated that the DEHS aerosol was electrically neutral. The effects of electric charge on particle collection by electret and electroneutral high efficiency particulate air （HEPA） filters were analyzed. Theoretical calculations suggested that charges on original NaCI aerosol particles enhanced the filtration efficiency of HEPA filters,
