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This study was designed to analyze the reduction potential of three different liquid additives (water, rapeseed oil, and molasses) in three different concentrations mixed with cleaned whole or rolled oats on the generation of airborne particles under standardized laboratory conditions. In addition, the influence of two different drop heights (20 and 40 cm) was analyzed. Airborne particle concentrations were detected online with the gravimetrically measuring analyzer TEOM 1400a that was equipped successively with different inlets to measure the particle fractions PM 20 , PM 10 , and PM 2.5 . The mixing of oats with just 1% (w/w) of each of the liquid additives led to a significant reduction in airborne particle generation in all three particle fractions with respect to the samples without additives ( P 20 fraction of 90.6% (120.3 μg/m 3 ) could be achieved. The same dosage of water or molasses only resulted in a reduction of 60.4% (504.6 μg/m 3 ) or 69.1% (393.2 μg/m 3 ), respectively. In general, the highest significant reduction in the PM 20 fraction was achieved using 3% rapeseed oil: 96.5% as compared with 75.6% for 3% water and 81.9% for 3% molasses. The drop height only had a significant effect on the generation of the PM 10 fraction, with it being lower at 20 cm than at 40 cm ( P = .0261). |
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