Characterisation of the Manchester Aerosol Chamber facility
<p dir="ltr">This study describes the design of the Manchester Aerosol Chamber (MAC), initially developed in 2005 and presents for the first time its comprehensive characterisation. The MAC is designed to investigate multi-phase chemistry and the evolution of aerosol physico-chemical...
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| author | Yunqi Shao (8368584) |
| author2 | Yu Wang (12152) Mao Du (16563091) Aristeidis Voliotis (16563090) M. Rami Alfarra (1343493) Simon P. O'Meara (18427926) S. Fiona Turner (18427929) Gordon McFiggans (1965904) |
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| author_facet | Yunqi Shao (8368584) Yu Wang (12152) Mao Du (16563091) Aristeidis Voliotis (16563090) M. Rami Alfarra (1343493) Simon P. O'Meara (18427926) S. Fiona Turner (18427929) Gordon McFiggans (1965904) |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Yunqi Shao (8368584) Yu Wang (12152) Mao Du (16563091) Aristeidis Voliotis (16563090) M. Rami Alfarra (1343493) Simon P. O'Meara (18427926) S. Fiona Turner (18427929) Gordon McFiggans (1965904) |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2022-01-31T03:00:00Z |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | 10.5194/amt-15-539-2022 |
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| dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv | CC BY 4.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Earth sciences Atmospheric sciences Manchester Aerosol Chamber (MAC) Multi-phase chemistry Aerosol physico-chemical properties Real-world emissions Diesel engine |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | Characterisation of the Manchester Aerosol Chamber facility |
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| description | <p dir="ltr">This study describes the design of the Manchester Aerosol Chamber (MAC), initially developed in 2005 and presents for the first time its comprehensive characterisation. The MAC is designed to investigate multi-phase chemistry and the evolution of aerosol physico-chemical properties from the real-world emissions (e.g. diesel engine, plants) or of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) produced from pure volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Additionally, the generated aerosol particles in the MAC can be transferred to the Manchester Ice Cloud Chamber (MICC), which enables investigation of cloud formation in warm, mixed-phase, and fully glaciated conditions (with temperature, T, as low as −55 ∘C). The MAC is an 18 m<sup>3</sup> fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) Teflon chamber with the potential to conduct experiments at controlled temperature (15–35 ∘C) and relative humidity (RH; 25 %–80 %) under simulated solar radiation or dark conditions. Detailed characterisations were conducted at common experimental conditions (25 ∘C, 50 % RH) for actinometry and determination of background contamination, wall losses of gases (NO<sub>2</sub>, O<sub>3</sub>, and selected VOCs), aerosol particles at different sizes, chamber wall reactivity, and aerosol formation. In addition, the influences of chamber contamination on the wall loss rate of gases and particles and the photolysis of NO<sub>2</sub> were estimated.</p><p><br></p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-539-2022" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-539-2022</a></p> |
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| spelling | Characterisation of the Manchester Aerosol Chamber facilityYunqi Shao (8368584)Yu Wang (12152)Mao Du (16563091)Aristeidis Voliotis (16563090)M. Rami Alfarra (1343493)Simon P. O'Meara (18427926)S. Fiona Turner (18427929)Gordon McFiggans (1965904)Earth sciencesAtmospheric sciencesManchester Aerosol Chamber (MAC)Multi-phase chemistryAerosol physico-chemical propertiesReal-world emissionsDiesel engine<p dir="ltr">This study describes the design of the Manchester Aerosol Chamber (MAC), initially developed in 2005 and presents for the first time its comprehensive characterisation. The MAC is designed to investigate multi-phase chemistry and the evolution of aerosol physico-chemical properties from the real-world emissions (e.g. diesel engine, plants) or of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) produced from pure volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Additionally, the generated aerosol particles in the MAC can be transferred to the Manchester Ice Cloud Chamber (MICC), which enables investigation of cloud formation in warm, mixed-phase, and fully glaciated conditions (with temperature, T, as low as −55 ∘C). The MAC is an 18 m<sup>3</sup> fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) Teflon chamber with the potential to conduct experiments at controlled temperature (15–35 ∘C) and relative humidity (RH; 25 %–80 %) under simulated solar radiation or dark conditions. Detailed characterisations were conducted at common experimental conditions (25 ∘C, 50 % RH) for actinometry and determination of background contamination, wall losses of gases (NO<sub>2</sub>, O<sub>3</sub>, and selected VOCs), aerosol particles at different sizes, chamber wall reactivity, and aerosol formation. In addition, the influences of chamber contamination on the wall loss rate of gases and particles and the photolysis of NO<sub>2</sub> were estimated.</p><p><br></p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-539-2022" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-539-2022</a></p>2022-01-31T03:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.5194/amt-15-539-2022https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Characterisation_of_the_Manchester_Aerosol_Chamber_facility/25672527CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/256725272022-01-31T03:00:00Z |
| spellingShingle | Characterisation of the Manchester Aerosol Chamber facility Yunqi Shao (8368584) Earth sciences Atmospheric sciences Manchester Aerosol Chamber (MAC) Multi-phase chemistry Aerosol physico-chemical properties Real-world emissions Diesel engine |
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| title | Characterisation of the Manchester Aerosol Chamber facility |
| title_full | Characterisation of the Manchester Aerosol Chamber facility |
| title_fullStr | Characterisation of the Manchester Aerosol Chamber facility |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterisation of the Manchester Aerosol Chamber facility |
| title_short | Characterisation of the Manchester Aerosol Chamber facility |
| title_sort | Characterisation of the Manchester Aerosol Chamber facility |
| topic | Earth sciences Atmospheric sciences Manchester Aerosol Chamber (MAC) Multi-phase chemistry Aerosol physico-chemical properties Real-world emissions Diesel engine |