Characteristics of an aerosol photometer while automatically controlling chamber dilution-air flow rate.
Characteristics of an aerosol photometer while automatically controlling chamber dilution-air flow rate.
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自动控制室稀释空气流量时气溶胶光度计的特性。
DOI:
10.1080/08958370050138021
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发表时间:
2000
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Hemenway,DR
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文献类型:
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作者:
O'Shaughnessy,PT;Hemenway,DR
Trials were conducted to determine those factors that affect the accuracy of a directreading aerosol photometer when automatically controlling airflow rate within an exposure chamber to regulate airborne dust concentrations. Photometer response was affected by a shift in the aerosol size distribution caused by changes in chamber flow rate. In addition to a dilution effect, flow rate also determined the relative amount of aerosol lost to sedimentation within the chamber. Additional calculations were added to a computer control algorithm to compensate for these effects when attempting to automatically regulate flow based on a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) feedback control algorithm. A comparison between PID-controlled trials and those performed with a constant generator output rate and dilution-air flow rate demonstrated that there was no significant decrease in photometer accuracy despite the many changes in flow rate produced when using PID control. Likewise, the PID-controlled trials produced chamber aerosol concentrations within 1% of a desired level.