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Article: Characterization of expiration air jets and droplet size distributions immediately at the mouth opening

TitleCharacterization of expiration air jets and droplet size distributions immediately at the mouth opening
Authors
KeywordsCoughing
Expiratory droplets
Interferometric Mie imaging
Particle image velocimetry
Speaking
Issue Date2009
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jaerosci
Citation
Journal Of Aerosol Science, 2009, v. 40 n. 2, p. 122-133 How to Cite?
AbstractSize distributions of expiratory droplets expelled during coughing and speaking and the velocities of the expiration air jets of healthy volunteers were measured. Droplet size was measured using the interferometric Mie imaging (IMI) technique while the particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique was used for measuring air velocity. These techniques allowed measurements in close proximity to the mouth and avoided air sampling losses. The average expiration air velocity was 11.7 m/s for coughing and 3.9 m/s for speaking. Under the experimental setting, evaporation and condensation effects had negligible impact on the measured droplet size. The geometric mean diameter of droplets from coughing was 13.5 μm and it was 16.0 μm for speaking (counting 1-100). The estimated total number of droplets expelled ranged from 947 to 2085 per cough and 112-6720 for speaking. The estimated droplet concentrations for coughing ranged from 2.4 to 5.2 cm -3 per cough and 0.004-0.223 cm -3 for speaking. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/59068
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.9
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.870
ISI Accession Number ID
Funding AgencyGrant Number
Australian Research Council Discovery ProjectDP0558410
Hong Kong RGC611505
Funding Information:

This research was jointly supported by the Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP0558410 and Hong Kong RGC Grant 611505. The expiratory droplet investigation Setup and other related laser safety installations were provided by the international Laboratory for Air Quality and Health, Queensland University of Technology. The IMI and PIV systems were provided by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Technical support provided by the mechanical workshop of the Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology is greatly appreciated.

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dc.contributor.authorMorawska, Len_HK
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, GRen_HK
dc.contributor.authorRistovski, ZDen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHargreaves, Men_HK
dc.contributor.authorMengersen, Ken_HK
dc.contributor.authorCorbett, Sen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLi, Yen_HK
dc.contributor.authorXie, Xen_HK
dc.contributor.authorKatoshevski, Den_HK
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dc.date.issued2009en_HK
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Aerosol Science, 2009, v. 40 n. 2, p. 122-133en_HK
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dc.description.abstractSize distributions of expiratory droplets expelled during coughing and speaking and the velocities of the expiration air jets of healthy volunteers were measured. Droplet size was measured using the interferometric Mie imaging (IMI) technique while the particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique was used for measuring air velocity. These techniques allowed measurements in close proximity to the mouth and avoided air sampling losses. The average expiration air velocity was 11.7 m/s for coughing and 3.9 m/s for speaking. Under the experimental setting, evaporation and condensation effects had negligible impact on the measured droplet size. The geometric mean diameter of droplets from coughing was 13.5 μm and it was 16.0 μm for speaking (counting 1-100). The estimated total number of droplets expelled ranged from 947 to 2085 per cough and 112-6720 for speaking. The estimated droplet concentrations for coughing ranged from 2.4 to 5.2 cm -3 per cough and 0.004-0.223 cm -3 for speaking. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jaeroscien_HK
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dc.subjectCoughingen_HK
dc.subjectExpiratory dropletsen_HK
dc.subjectInterferometric Mie imagingen_HK
dc.subjectParticle image velocimetryen_HK
dc.subjectSpeakingen_HK
dc.titleCharacterization of expiration air jets and droplet size distributions immediately at the mouth openingen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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