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13.4  Separation of Nanoaerosol from the Air                    409

                                          v R cr
                                             ð
                                            fv im Þdv im
                                           0
                                     g ¼                                ð13:23Þ
                                      ad
                                          R 1
                                            fv im Þdv im
                                             ð
                                           0
              With the assumption of Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution for the particle thermal/
            impact velocity, Eq. (13.23) can be written as, by cancelling the common constants
                                       v R cr
                                         2       mv 2
                                        v exp      im  dv im
                                         im      2KT
                                       0
                                 g ¼   R 1         2                    ð13:24Þ
                                  ad
                                         2
                                        v exp    mv im  dv im
                                         im
                                                 2KT
                                       0
              Note that the general integration of
                                       p     p
                    Z                    ffiffiffi   ffiffiffi            2
                                                          ð
                         2      2        perfð  axÞ  x   exp  ax Þ
                       x exp  ax   dx ¼                                 ð13:25Þ
                                          4a 1:5         2a
                                                                          2
                                                                      ð
            where erf is the error function, and erf(0) = 0; erf(∞) = 1. And xD exp  ax Þ !
            0 when x !1; the numerator and the denominator in Eq. (13.24) are, respectively,
                 v                      p ffiffiffi    p ffiffiffiffiffiffiffi
                 Z cr          2         perf    m  x          m  2
                            mv                  2KT    x exp     x
                    2          im                             2KT
                   v exp          dv im ¼                               ð13:26Þ
                    im                           1:5         m
                            2KT           4  m              KT
                 0                          2KT
                              Z 1           2          p ffiffiffi
                                 2       mv im           p
                                 v exp                                  ð13:27Þ
                                 im            dv im ¼      1:5
                                         2KT         4  m
                              0                        2KT
            Then the adhesion efficiency can be described as
                                         r ffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi
                              r ffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi
                                m          2m            m   2
                    g ¼ erf        v cr       v cr   exp    v cr        ð13:28Þ
                     ad
                               2KT         pKT          2KT
            Recall that
                                             r ffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi
                                               8kT
                                        v im ¼                          ð13:29Þ
                                               pm
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