Engineering analysis for developing a new airborne virus sampler

Airmax环境公司寻求扩大他们在检测、测量和控制空气传播的微小传染病病原体方面的服务。为了做到这一点，他们最近开始开发一种新型的空气传播病毒采样器，基于冷凝原理，以减轻由于剪切和干燥造成的病毒活性损失，这通常发生在传统的撞击型采样器中。他们的概念设计的原型已经用树脂进行了3D打印，这项提案的重点是对该系统进行工程分析，包括热流体动力学性能、材料选择和便于清洁和消毒的经济高效的组装。这项分析还将包括在一个专门的小室中进行实验室测量，在这个小室中可以进行生物气溶胶采样和气流测量

Airmax Environnement seeks to expand their services in the detection, measurement and control of airborne microscopic infectious agents. To do this they have recently commenced development of a new type of airborne virus sampler, based on condensation principles in order to mitigate the loss in viral viability, due to shearing and desiccation, that typically occurs in conventional impact-type samplers. A prototype of their conceptual design has been 3-D printed in resin and the focus of this proposal is to undertake an engineering analysis of the system that will encompass thermo-fluid dynamic performance, materials selection and a cost-effective assembly for ease of cleaning and disinfection. This analysis will also include laboratory measurements in a specialized chamber in which bio-aerosol sampling and airflow measurements can be