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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-3-15
pubmed:abstractText
Denuders are widely used for atmospheric analysis. Annular denuders are especially well-suited for preconcentration of trace gases compared to simpler single tube designs. While traditionally coated annular denuders have both bounding surfaces that behave as sinks, annular denuders/membrane-based scrubbers with the same basic geometric design and with only one of the annular surfaces functioning as sink (e.g., a membrane tube whose outer surface behaves as a sink disposed within an inert jacket tube) have become common. However, the gas collection efficiency of such devices cannot be expressed as a simple equation with fixed constants and there is no presently available tool to a priori determine the denuder performance or to design denuders with specific removal efficiencies at specific sampling rates. This paper presents a simple to use "spreadsheet calculator" for concentric annular denuders of any dimension based on known solutions to analogous heat transfer problems. The results from the present spreadsheet calculator are compared with results from a commercial computational fluid dynamics package (Fluent; this takes significant expertise and development effort to run)--the two approaches produce essentially the same results. The present spreadsheet calculator can be used easily and simply without training and will be a useful tool for denuder users and designers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1873-4324
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
664
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
56-61
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Gas collection efficiency of annular denuders: a spreadsheet-based calculator.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1021, United States. Jordan.Berg@ttu.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article