Diffusion Battery – The Renewed Aerosol Spectrometer for Nanoparticles

Abstract

The aim of the experiments was to develop new control software for the diffusion battery model DB 3040, in order to optimize measurements with this device. The software allows for larger variability of key control parameters of the diffusion battery and re-opens its application beyond determination of activity size distributions. In comparison with the most widely used method of aerosol spectrometry based on electrical mobility of particles, the method of diffusion battery can be advantageous in situations where we need to measure aerosols of relatively low concentrations with size distributions peaking bellow 20 nanometers