Soot Particle Studies—Instrument Inter-Comparison—Project Overview
Open Access
- 30 June 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Aerosol Science and Technology
- Vol. 44 (8), 592-611
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02786826.2010.482113
Abstract
An inter-comparison study of instruments designed to measure the microphysical and optical properties of soot particles was completed. The following mass-based instruments were tested: Couette Centrifugal Particle Mass Analyzer (CPMA), Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer—Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (AMS-SMPS), Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2), Soot Particle-Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (SP-AMS) and Photoelectric Aerosol Sensor (PAS2000CE). Optical instruments measured absorption (photoacoustic, interferometric, and filter-based), scattering (in situ), and extinction (light attenuation within an optical cavity). The study covered an experimental matrix consisting of 318 runs that systematically tested the performance of instruments across a range of parameters including: fuel equivalence ratio (1.8 ≤ φ ≤ 5), particle shape (mass-mobility exponent ( D fm ), 2.0 ≤ D fm ≤ 3.0), particle mobility size (30 ≤ d m ≤ 300 nm), black carbon mass (0.07 ≤ m BC ≤ 4.2 fg) and particle chemical composition. In selected runs, particles were coated with sulfuric acid or dioctyl sebacate (DOS) (0.5 ≤ Δ r ve ≤ 201 nm) where Δ r ve is the change in the volume equivalent radius due to the coating material. The effect of non-absorbing coatings on instrument response was determined. Changes in the morphology of fractal soot particles were monitored during coating and denuding processes and the effect of particle shape on instrument response was determined. The combination of optical and mass based measurements was used to determine the mass specific absorption coefficient for denuded soot particles. The single scattering albedo of the particles was also measured. An overview of the experiments and sample results are presented.Keywords
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