Actions for Acoustic and turbulent agglomeration of sodium aerosols. Quarterly progress report, October 1, 1977--December 31, 1977. [LMFBR] [electronic resource].
Acoustic and turbulent agglomeration of sodium aerosols. Quarterly progress report, October 1, 1977--December 31, 1977. [LMFBR] [electronic resource].
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University, 1978. Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Design of a wet cell washer and test system for air cleaning of sodium fire aerosols is described. The test aerosol was produced by continuous burning of metallic sodium in a 90 m/sup 3/ chamber to maintain a concentration of 1.14+-0.05 g/m/sup 3/ for as long as 65 minutes. The sodium fire aerosol was drawn through the wet cell washer test loop at a constant flow rate of 9 m/sup 3//min. The wet cell washer consisted of two cells in series, the first, two off-set layers of performated metal screen, and the second, a 4'' thick filter stage packed with curly glass fibers 35 ..mu..m in diameter. The wet cells were washed by solid cone water spray at 16.7 lpm at 30 psig. Sodium removal efficiencies ranged from 87 to 94%. Curly glass fibers were found to deteriorate after a six hour exposure to sodium aerosols.