Aerosol Characterization

ICSE has a variety of aersol characterization capabilities that complement our laboratory and pilot-scale combustion processes. Because the majority of fine particulate matter (aerosols) comes from combustion sources, ICSE has a unique ability to conduct in-house studies on the formation of aerosols, and the effects of a variety of combustion conditions on the quantity and type of aerosols generated. Concern has been increasing about the health effects of fine particles, and our location in the Salt Lake Valley provides an opportunity to study the periodic high levels of particulate matter. ICSE has also been investigating aerosol sources along the U.S.-Mexico border. This page highlights some of our aerosol characterization projects and capabilities.

Aerosol characterization projects

The Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)
The Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy (SCERP)
NSF NIRT Program

Aerosol characterization capabilities

The University of Utah has a growing suite of rapid-response, particle characterization instrumentation capable providing detailed size and composition data. These instruments can be deployed with any of the group's bench or pilot-scale reactors, and with the development of a mobile particle laboratory the group has successfully deployed the instrumentation in several field studies. Our particle characterization instrumentation includes:

Two Scanning mobility particle sizers
Anderson and MOUDI impactors
Optical particle counter
DustTrack nephelometers
Photoacoustic Analyzer
Photoelectric Aerosol Sensor

Please feel free to take a look at our photo gallery.

Photo Gallery

Camp Pendleton

Edwards Air Force Base

Other field samples

Miscellaneous