Scale-up of electrospray atomization using linear arrays of Taylor cones
- 1 March 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 64 (3), 683-686
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1144197
Abstract
Linear arrays of Taylor cones were established on capillary electrode tubes opposite a slotted flat plate counterelectrode to investigate the feasibility of increasing the liquid throughput rate in electrospray atomizers. It was found that individual Taylor cones could be established on each capillary over a wide range of the capillary radius to spacing ratio R/S. The onset potential V s required to establish the cones varied directly with R/S, but the liquid flow rate per cone and current per cone were nearly independent of R/S for a given overpotential ratio P=V/V s . Only six working capillaries were used, but the results per cone are applicable to larger arrays of cones since end effects were minimized.Keywords
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