Design, construction, testing and use of an artificial lung for sampling biological aerosols
| Autor: | T.M. Madelin |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Atmospheric Science Environmental Engineering Lung Mechanical Engineering Airflow Sampling (statistics) Nanotechnology respiratory system complex mixtures Pollution Artificial lung Deposition (aerosol physics) medicine.anatomical_structure medicine Environmental science Pulmonary area Biomedical engineering |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Aerosol Science. 23:675-678 |
| ISSN: | 0021-8502 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0021-8502(92)90502-m |
| Popis: | A novel sampler has been designed to collect biological aerosols in a manner which mimics the mammalian lung. Breathing patters are adjustable within the human range. The sampler is divided into parts resembling the upper respiratory tract and pulmonary area. In tests with bacterial aerosols, capture was 100% and deposition showed separation related to particle size and airflow velocity. Recovery of viable bacteria appeared superior to that obtained with an impinger. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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