Regional Characteristics of Particle Size Distribution of PM10

Soil water and particle size distribution influence laboratory-generated PM10

Management of soils to reduce the amount of PM10 emitted during agricultural tillage operations is important for attainment of air quality standards in California's San Joaquin Valley (SJV). The purpose of this study was to improve and expand upon earlier work of predicting tillage-generated dust emissions based on soil properties. We focus on gravimetric soil water content (GWC) and soil textu...

Particle Size Distribution Analyses of Agricultural Dusts and Report of True PM10 Concentrations

This study presents the results of the particle size distribution (PSD) analyses of dusts from two agricultural facilities using filters from collocated PM10 and total suspended particulates (TSP) samplers. Ideally, PM10 concentrations obtained using the PM10 sampler should be the same as those using the TSP sampler. However, it was observed from numerous sampling episodes that there exists a b...

Densification characteristics of chromia/alumina castables by particle size distribution

The quality of the refractories applied on integrated gasification combined cycle should be a key factor that affects both the reliability and the economics of gasifier operation. To enhance the workability of chromia/alumina castables, three types of ultrafine alumina powder were added to improve the workability. Densification behavior of such castables in the presence of ultrafine alumina was...

multifractal characteristics of soil particle size distribution and effect of biological soil crusts on multifractal spectrum

soil particle-size distribution (psd) is one of the most important physical attributes due to its great influence on soil physical, chemical, and biological properties. water infiltration rate, land-use change, soil erosion, and biological soil crusts (bscs) may influence psd in a soil. the multifractal measures were useful tools in characterization of psd in soils. the objective of the current...

Dynamic Evolution of Droplet/Particle Size Distribution in Suspension Polymerization of Styrene