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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Susanne Vera Hering, Berkeley, CA (US);
Mark Richard Stolzenburg, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Assignee:
Aerosol Dynamics Inc., Berkeley, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 4/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 4/900 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for producing a diffusive, continuous laminar flow for particle growth via condensation of vapors with a mass diffusivity near or higher than the thermal diffusivity of the surrounding gas. In an exemplary embodiment, the method uses the condensation of water vapor onto particles suspended in air.