Overview
Topic status: We're looking for students to study this topic.
The deposition of inhaled particles in the human lungs has been linked to several adverse health effects. The rate of deposition of these particles is affected by many parameters such as their size and the diameters of the airways.
Hypothesis/Aims: This study will investigate the deposition rates of particles of different types and size in tubes of different material and diameter at various air flow rates.
Approaches: Particles will be generated in a large chamber and drawn out through tubes under controlled conditions. Particle number concentrations and size distributions will be measured in the chamber and at the downwind ends of the tubes. The results will be used to assess the loss rates in the tubes forming the monitoring system of a current experimental project measuring the particle deposition rate in the lungs of human volunteers.
- Study level
- Honours
- Supervisors
- QUT
- Organisational unit
Science and Engineering Faculty
- Research area
- Contact
- Please contact the supervisor.
Professor Lidia Morawska
Dr Rohan Jayaratne
