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A Second Look at the Palmes’ Diffusive Sampler
The Palmes’ tube, the first diffusive sampler incorporating a fixed path length, has received wide usage for the sampling of a large number of gaseous pollutants. But despite numerous previous studies, questions remain regarding the accuracy of these inexpensive, simple-to-construct, open-ended samplers. Here the mass transfer resistance in a Palmes’ diffusive sampler was measured using the loss of cyclohexane from a Palmes’ tube containing liquid cyclohexane at its base. The average loss rates, at factorial combinations of five air incidence angles evenly spaced from 270° to 90°, and five air speeds from 0.5 m/sec to 2.5 m/sec ranged from 46% to 121% higher than rates calculated from the physical dimensions of the sampler, proving the need to calibrate these samplers rather than relying on a theoretical calculation. The mass transfer resistance was nearly constant when the airflow was perpendicular to the sampler and sufficiently high to avoid stagnation, a finding that may explain the widespread acceptance of the results obtained using this sampler.
A Second Look at the Palmes’ Diffusive Sampler
The Palmes’ tube, the first diffusive sampler incorporating a fixed path length, has received wide usage for the sampling of a large number of gaseous pollutants. But despite numerous previous studies, questions remain regarding the accuracy of these inexpensive, simple-to-construct, open-ended samplers. Here the mass transfer resistance in a Palmes’ diffusive sampler was measured using the loss of cyclohexane from a Palmes’ tube containing liquid cyclohexane at its base. The average loss rates, at factorial combinations of five air incidence angles evenly spaced from 270° to 90°, and five air speeds from 0.5 m/sec to 2.5 m/sec ranged from 46% to 121% higher than rates calculated from the physical dimensions of the sampler, proving the need to calibrate these samplers rather than relying on a theoretical calculation. The mass transfer resistance was nearly constant when the airflow was perpendicular to the sampler and sufficiently high to avoid stagnation, a finding that may explain the widespread acceptance of the results obtained using this sampler.
A Second Look at the Palmes’ Diffusive Sampler
Busbin, Dainnya D. (author) / Feigley, Charles E. (author) / Underhill, Dwight W. (author) / Salzberg, Deborah (author)
Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association ; 56 ; 1431-1439
2006-10-01
9 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
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