B3010: a boosted TSI 3010 condensation particle counter for airborne studies

Picard, David; Attoui, Michel; Sellegri, Karine

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2531-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2531-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2531-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

Research article

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26 Apr 2019

Research article |

| 26 Apr 2019

B3010: a boosted TSI 3010 condensation particle counter for airborne studies

David Picard, Michel Attoui, and Karine Sellegri

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RC1: 'eview of „B3010 : A Boosted TSI 3010 CPC for Airborne Studies” by David PICARD, Michel ATTOUI and Karine SELLEGRI', Anonymous Referee #3, 27 Dec 2018
- AC1: 'More details on the setup and new ambient air measurement experiment', David Picard, 11 Mar 2019
  - AC2: 'Upload figures as PDF', David Picard, 11 Mar 2019
RC2: 'Review of "Boosted 3010" paper', Anonymous Referee #4, 14 Mar 2019
- AC3: 'Reply on Herrmann-type DMA limitations, rise time, conclusions', David Picard, 20 Mar 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by David Picard on behalf of the Authors (28 Mar 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (08 Apr 2019) by Szymon Malinowski

AR by David Picard on behalf of the Authors (10 Apr 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

We report here how we managed to improve the performance of an aerosol particle counter model TSI3010. Our device is based on a secondhand unit and reuses its core elements (saturator, condenser, optics). We redesigned the electronics and thermal management. Laboratory experiments show that the cutoff diameter was decreased from 10 to 2.5 nm, bringing the B3010 close to more complex and expensive products. These results may help designers and users improve the performance of their devices.