MIT Libraries logoDSpace@MIT

MIT
View Item 
  • DSpace@MIT Home
  • MIT Libraries
  • MIT Theses
  • Graduate Theses
  • View Item
  • DSpace@MIT Home
  • MIT Libraries
  • MIT Theses
  • Graduate Theses
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

The phase separation inlet for droplets, ice residuals, and interstitial aerosols

Author(s)
Koolik, Libby (Libby P.)
Thumbnail
DownloadFull printable version (6.589Mb)
Other Contributors
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Advisor
Daniel Cziczo.
Terms of use
MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
A new inlet for studying the composition of mixed-phase clouds - the phaSe seParation Inlet for Droplets icE residuals and inteRstitial aerosols (SPIDER) - is described. SPIDER combines an omni-directional inlet, a Large-Pumped Counterflow Virtual Impactor (L-PCVI), a flow tube as evaporation chamber, and a Pumped Counterflow Virtual Impactor (PCVI) to separate droplets, ice crystals, and interstitial aerosols for simultaneous sampling. Verification tests of each individual component of SPIDER were positive, as was the result of investigating that the components work together as a whole setup without flow blockage or choking. SPIDER was installed at Mt. Washington Observatory (MWO), a mountain top research facility in the White Mountains, for a two-week field campaign. There, SPIDER showed promising performance as a field instrument and provided first data that suggest its capability of separating distinct cloud particles. Future design improvements of SPIDER are suggested along with potential locations for field measurements.
Description
Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2018.
 
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
 
Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-43).
 
Date issued
2018
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115782
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Collections
  • Graduate Theses

Browse

All of DSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

Login

Statistics

OA StatisticsStatistics by CountryStatistics by Department
MIT Libraries
PrivacyPermissionsAccessibilityContact us
MIT
Content created by the MIT Libraries, CC BY-NC unless otherwise noted. Notify us about copyright concerns.