Table 4.
Atomised suspension, deposited and lost materials, aerosol concentration and deposition efficiency (E) for each run.
| Run | Ag-HEC Suspension Consumption (g) |
Qin * (mg) |
Qout (mg) |
Airborne Material ** (mg) |
Qlost (mg) |
E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23.0 | 248.4 | 54.4 | 9.0 | 185.0 | 0.22 |
| 2 | 8.4 | 90.9 | 22.9 | 7.5 | 60.6 | 0.25 |
| 3 | 12.0 | 129.3 | 25.4 | 8.0 | 95.8 | 0.20 |
| 4 | 16.4 | 177.6 | 54.7 | 6.9 | 116.0 | 0.31 |
| 5 | 3.0 | 32.0 | 13.2 | 2.9 | 15.9 | 0.41 |
| 6 | 1.8 | 19.4 | 8.3 | 2.4 | 8.7 | 0.43 |
* Atomized suspension was obtained by considering percentages of each component (Ag, HEC, NaCl and PVA, see Table 3). ** Airborne material was computed by considering the measured concentration inside the spray chamber times the chamber volume (CV, as indicated in Equation (2)).