Detection of airborne particulates

The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for detection of airborne particulates. Liquid droplets comprising reagents capable of reacting with particulates whereby to produce emitted light are introduced to an air flow comprising particulates, whereupon the particulates and liquid droplet...

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Main Authors SIMON TOBY PARKER, TIMOTHY GRAHAM FOAT, KAREN LOUISE BAXTER, EMMA JANE VIRGINIA FOOT, JAMES MCDONALD CLARK
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 13.05.2009
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APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY
BEER
BIOCHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
ENZYMOLOGY
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MEASURING
METALLURGY
MICROBIOLOGY
MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
PHYSICS
SPIRITS
TESTING
VINEGAR
WINE
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Summary:The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for detection of airborne particulates. Liquid droplets comprising reagents capable of reacting with particulates whereby to produce emitted light are introduced to an air flow comprising particulates, whereupon the particulates and liquid droplets agglomerate thereby producing the emitted light. The light is detected by a suitable detector (7), and agglomeration may be enhanced by application of an oscillating electric field (6). The disclosure is particularly concerned with detection of biological particulates.
Bibliography:Application Number: GB20090001989