Concept for an electrostatic focusing device for continuous ambient pressure aerosol concentration

Woo, Joseph L.; Sareen, Neha; Schwier, Allison N.; McNeill, V. Faye

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3395-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3395-2019

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3395-2019

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 6

Research article

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27 Jun 2019

Research article |

| 27 Jun 2019

Concept for an electrostatic focusing device for continuous ambient pressure aerosol concentration

Joseph L. Woo, Neha Sareen, Allison N. Schwier, and V. Faye McNeill

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Reviews for Woo et al. (2019)', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Mar 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer', V. Faye McNeill, 03 Apr 2019
RC2: 'Comments to amt-2019-43', Anonymous Referee #3, 07 May 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer', Joseph Woo, 28 May 2019

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

AR by Joseph Woo on behalf of the Authors (29 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (31 May 2019) by Mingjin Tang

AR by Joseph Woo on behalf of the Authors (05 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (09 Jun 2019) by Mingjin Tang

AR by Joseph Woo on behalf of the Authors (12 Jun 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

We present a proof-of-concept method of concentrating aerosols in a continuous stream using an applied electric field. Potential enrichment was estimated using a trajectory model, predicting values of up to 65 % for 75–200 nm aerosol, using voltages of up to 30 kV. Experimental results using similar geometry yielded up to 15 % observed enrichment for the same conditions. These results imply that aerosol enrichment using an applied electric field can be achieved in continuous-flow applications.