Fundamentals of Aerosol Science and Particle Technology

Course content

Overview of aerosols and particle technology in chemical industry. Particle size distribution and statistics. Inertial particle dynamics. Gas-solid pneumatic flow. Particle diffusion and thermophoresis. Thermodynamics of aerosol: condensation, evaporation, the Kelvin effect and nucleation. Aggregation, charging and the general dynamic equation. Light scattering. Instruments of particle sizing and capture. Introduction to gas-phase synthesis and modelling of aerosol dynamics.