hET'.!--,DI)L0C;Y Or T'HE FILTZ'I V3%'TILkTT0B' A14ALYSIS The purposes of these procedures are: 1. to measure first puff dilution of the sample cigarette (and subse- quent puffs L41 desired). 2. to calcul3te first puff dilution by dissection of the cigarette and it ' easu:eman: of the air permeability characteristics of the individual components, 3. to calculate the erjuiv3lent effective area (EEA) of plu-, wrap for the cigarette, POE 4. to predict t".e change in dilution afforded by changin.- permeabili:-. , Three articles that explain the princinles underlying the procedures are: 1. Achieving Cnntrol and Uniformity of Filter Tip Ventilation with P0R0'-,'?,kP Porous Plug Wrap Papers, Technical Bulletin. Schweitzer Division. Kl=berly-Clark Corp. , John H. Mathews. 2. The p2rnaa~,_"Iity of Cigarette Papers and Cigarette Ventilation, William A. S-31!ca and John FL !'atthetis, Beitraze zur Tabakf orsch4n7, Int2rnlitiona' . 9. 1973. 3. Dilution of %-,arette Smoke Thr3u.-,h Ventilation of Filters, William A. Selice. 11eizraiZe zur-Tabakforschiin,~ International, 9, 1978. 190. Figure I is a diagram of the apparatus used to measure the first puff dilution of cilarettes: Figur,3'11 shows the configuration used for non-filtered ci~larettes. ZIRELIVINLUZY ME-kST.'IEMENTS The artificial coal wsed should have a pressure drop apprcliriate for the ci-arette involved. -'*--e Appendi--. 1. A. To-chaxacterize the artificial coal used, measure its pressure drop at 1050 ml/min. Measure the r3rLssure drop 'of the artificial coal by placing the coal into*.hd1der A (the mouth end) of the dilution apparatus. Set the flotmeter to 1~)50 ml/min, and read the pressure drop on manometer A. CD I . V1 BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 18 October 1999 2 I PRELIMINARY hEAS0%='L1X'N7S (continued) B. A 2(system) With no cigarette in the apparatus draw air zot a h13h flow rate through the mouth end of the system. If there is a pressure drop, look for constrictions in the syscem. C. Lengths on whole ci;arette (1) Length of tobacco rod (2) Length of tipping paper (3) Length of filter plug (4) Distance from center of ventilation band to nouth end of filter plu7, Il. 'r'QSURZ,MNTS OF 77771 FIRSI' FLO14 FOR FILTERED CTGARZTTES A. Use the entire cigarette. Refer to Figure 1. With a pen.. trace a ring around the cigarette 5=1 from the mouth end, and another 5 rim from the coal end of the ci,~aretce. Also trace a ring around the ventilation band; this will help in the alignment of the cigarette. B. ?Iac2 the cilarette in the assembly inserting 5mm of the ci-arette into each holder, Insure that the ventilation band is inside of the chamber labeled C. (See IV-A 4 and 5.) C. Very slowly and carefully, set the flow to 1050 mllmin on the mouth en~, meter A. Too abrupt a chaa3e may force water out of the manometer. D. Start the flow of compressed gas to the chamber enclosing the perfora- tion band. Again, caution! The manometers must be balanced: until than. spills are very co.-nion. Z. .djust gas flsw into the chamb-cr enclosing, the filter vents until the manometer which measures the pressure inside the chamber reads atmos- pheric pressure. F. Check that the flow at the mouth end is still 1050 ml/min. G. Read flotiviecer :1. This is th,2 dilution flow for filtered cil,arettes. H. Occasionally, we will cut the cigarette (e.,o_ 1/2 tenfzth) and meastire the ditutian flo~,r again. CD BATCo document for Legal Services: Health Canada 18 October 1999 - 3 - Y. Report: 1.1-anomerer Reading (cm) El~QoLiLe r s Chamber (C) Nouth End (A) _ Chamber (C) Mou~h End (A) Ball Flow Ball Flow ReadIng (InL/min) Readin 0_111) 111. NEASIMiMENTS OF THE FIRST PUFF DILUTION FLow roR rON-FILTERED CIGARETTrS A. Use the entire cigarette. Refer to Figure 11. Trace a ring around the ciZarette 5!mm from the coal end and a second rin.- 5mm from the mouth end of the cigarette. 0 B. Place the cigaretce in the assembly, inserting 5mm, of the cigarette into each holder. (See Section IV A 4 and 5.) C. Slowly and carefully, set the flow to 1050 ml/min on the mouth end. Too abrupt a chanZe may force water out of the manometer. D. Read I.owmeter B ~coal side of cigarette). Thic; is the mainstream flow for non-filtered cigarettes. Dilution flow is equal to: 1050 minus mainstream flow. E. Occasionally, we will cut the cigarette Ce.g., 1/2 length) and measure the dilution flow again. r. Report: 11anomet-er Flowmeters Mcuth End Coal End B) Mouth End (A) i~ 1-1 Flow Ball Flow Reading _(m 1 /min -Reading ml/min G. If the flow versus pressure curve of the non-filter cigarette is of 0 interest, continue or to section IV: if not. save the cizarette for future use. rD BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 18 October 1999 -4 - IV. MEASUREMENTS ON THE CIGARETTE COMPONENTS A. Measurements on the Tobacco Column 1. Having recorded the first puff dilution for the filtered cigarette, the cigarette should be cut at the junction of the tobacco and the filter. Take a separate cigarette and determine the position of this junction. Cut the cigarette at the interface of the tobacco and save me filter for Section V. 2. Mark 5mm from each end of the tobacco column. This is the distance the column is placed into the holder. 3. Refer to Figure 1. 4. Mount the coal end of the tobacco rod 5mm into the artifi- cial coal. Secure the artificial coal with clamps and align the cigarette with the Cambridge filter pad (CFP) holder at the mouth end of the apparatus. 5. Loosen the clamps holding the CFP holder at the mouth end. Bring the holder up to the tobacco column. Insert the column 5nm into holder. Secure holder with clamps without distorting the tobacco column. 6. The flow at the mouth end is changed by changing the vacuum setting; councer-clockwise motion of the dial will increase vacuum', flow and pressure drop. WATCH OUT' !f pressure drop is too large, the water from the manometer will be drawn into the fLowmeter. Go as high in flow as is safe and NO HIGHER! 7. Start at a high flow and record pressure drop. Reduce flow stepwise and record: Ball Readin Flow (ml/min) f1p ctonacco CnIumn. CM) 1200 0 1000 Boo 600 400 20o BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 18 October 1999 8. Remove tobacco column and save in labeled container. B Measurements on the Filter 1. Place mouth end of filter into CFP holder (A) on the mouth end of assembly. 2. Cap the end of the filter that has bean cut from the tobacco tolumn. Use a small test tube fitted with a dental dam seal. '. Support the test tube with a. clamp; make sure the filter is straight. 3. Measure pressure drop as a function of flow. (Identical to measurement in A-7.) CAUTION, MANOMETER SPILLS! 4. Remove cap. 5. Tape vents closed and measure pressure drop as a function of flow. CAUTION, MANOMETER SPILLS. Make sure non-porous tape is used and is applied smoothly. 6. Record: Ball Reading KIOW (Ml/-_ijn) 4-F(vents open) 4p(vents closed) 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 7. Save the filter in a labeled container. S. Using the methodoloqy developed in Section E and Figure IV, calculate the dilittion flow. The measured and calculated dilution flows should be in reasonable agreement. If they are not, something is wrong. Do not proceed until the source of the ft-ror jq fntsnA. CD LIb Ln Ln BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 18 October 1999 - 6 - C. Dissection of the Filter 1 . If the measured and calculated dilution flows agree, proceed with this dissection. 2. Take a sharp razor and cut down the slue seam of the tipping paper, cutting through the underlying plug wrap. 3. Roll the tipping paper and porous plug wrap away from the plug. 4. Measure the dimensions of the tipping paper and the glue skip. Count the total number of vents present and subtract the number of vents falling on the glued seams of the tipping paper and p::rous plug wrap. Note the position of the vents with respect to the glue skip. The total number of vents minus the number glued closed is N(effective); i.e. the number of vents actually functioning . 5. Record: Length of Tipping Paper Width of Tipping Paper Length of Glue Skip (axial) Width of Glue Skip (circumference) Number of Vents Total Number of Vents Functioning Vents are positioned mm into the glue skip from the__ii~u~Ih end of the -glue skip. 6. Carefully remove the porous plug wrap from the tipping paper. Use a teasing needle and start by slipping -the needle under the glue seam of the porous plug wrap into the glue skip. Carefully extract the largest piece of porous plug wrap available. 7. Examine the porous plug wrap just removed, isolate a region that is free from glue and that has not been mechanically changed. B. Use Scotch tape to enclose this area in preparation for testing on the CORESTA unit. An area of 0.35 to 0.6 cm2 is reasonable; the orifice of the rubber gasket of the clamp must be larger than the enclosed area of porous plug wrap. 9. Examine the tipping paper. Delineate those vents that are free from both mechanical damage and glue. Count the number of vents in this section; this is N(tested). Permeability measure- ments will be taken on this area. crania this area with Scotch tape.. 4- CD BATCo docurnentfor Legal Services : Health Canada 18 October 1999 - 7 - 10. Masure permeability as a function of pressure drop for the vents of tipping paper as marked in Step 9 and for the area of porous plug wrap as marked in Step 7. 11. Record Meter Porous Plug Wrap TiRping PaDer Ball ReadU& Flow (ml Ball Reading Flow (ml/min) is 16 14 12 10 Area Length CD 4-1>. rv BATCo docurnen t for Legal Services : Health Canada 18 October 1999 - a - V. CALCMAT imm^ A. Dilution Flow 1. Definitions The two pressure-flow regimes of key interest are (1) that from the coal end of the tobacco column up to the vents in the filter and (2) that of the vents. Refer to Figure 111, illustrating the follow- in3 definitions- L_ - the length of the filter plu- La = distance from the mouth end of the filter to the center of the perforation bank Lc - distance from the tobacco end of the filter to the center of the perforation band tobacco column) is the pressure drop throughthe tobacco column as measured in Section D. 4?(axial) is the pressure drop of the tobacco column plus the por- tion of the filter up to the center of the perforation band. is the net pressure drop across the tipping and the ,vencs) underlyLn; plug wrap at the perforation band. 2. Z-vustiens `~'-2(ven:s Closed) ",.Lves the pressure drop associated with axial flow throu,,h the filter. Assuming that pressure drop is directly P , roportional to the len3th of the filter, the pressure drop of the filter segment upstream of the center line of the vents is calculotad as (L,/Lt)x * 4p(vents closed), "2(axial) may now be calculated: " -4 P(tabacco column) + (Lcll't) X 4p(vents closed) I if there is an internal pressure drop for the apparatus (4 T'(system)) , correct for it as shown in eetuarion (2). '42(axial) "d'~ '(tobacco column) + (Lc/Lt) x 612(vent5 closed) - (I + L,/Lt) -a '11(system) "2) ?2rform this calculation at anch flow used thereby obtainin-, the pressure-flaw curve for If the pressure drop for the tobacco column and pressure drop witfi the vents closed were not measured at the same series of flow rates, CD Plot " 7(tobacco column and A P(vents closed versus their respec- X~:. tive flows. Now read tke values of pressure Irop at the appropriate U1 flow from these two graphs and calculate A 7(axial). Lri CD -Ij BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 18 October 1999 - 9 - is calculatei from the eru~ation: le-(vents :,Palled) - (L 3 /L.) x 4P(vents cloied) A*,ain, subtract P(system) iff it exiqts. -4 2(vents) !'(vents opened) - (La/Lt) X id P(vents closed) (L:,/Lt)) 4P(system) Given tnat the mainstream plus the dilution flow equals 1050 ml/min a"d "hat 4 :(axial) " 'A-72(vents) at the dilution flow. solve for dilution flow. This is most easily accomplished by plotti--a,- flow versur 4?(vants) and flot.? versus AP(axial) on the same graph paper with the ordinate scale inverted for the.rod flow. Plotted in this way the sum of an,,, pair of -rdiqates at the same vertical position is 1350 ml/min and the intersection of the two curves represents the conditions at which the two flows are in balance. See Fi.~ure IV. 710: A ?"axial) versus and '4_1'vents) versus flow as in F i --, - ", . - a I . a -;! Tl~e intersection of these ti lin;s is the dilution flow. 3. Enuival-ant Zfff-2ctive Area by the Gran't;fcal- ii~__th'od' I . Figure 17-1- (b) shows a cross-section of a -typicaL construction at the point .)f a perforation in the tipping paper. The air entering the perforations passes throu3h the porous plug wrap paper and then flowq at least partially into the body of the filter. The dratrin-, .qho-.is an an- , preciable space between the tippin7, piper and the plug wrap paper throu-hOLlt the area -enerally left unalued. However, in realitl- allese layers are pressed together to some degree, impeding, lateral t1l3u7. Thus. the area of plu~, wrap paper through which the air Passes is less than the total area left unglued. although greater than the open area of the perforations in the tipping paper. If this effective area of plu-, wrap paper is determined by empirical measurement, the air flow resi3cance of the vent can be calculated from the resi5eivities of the perforations and of the plu.- vrap. That is, the affect on the overall resistance of changing the peri;-cability of the plul wrap paper can be predicted once one knows what area of that paper conducts air. The envivalent effective area, defined as that portion of the plug. wrap which is actually operating is calculated usin:; the basic equation which applies to flown through all papers: Ale 4b :11" - AS (5) where r is the valumetric flow rate A is the planar area of paper throulh which air passes C) Lr 1"N~ N: U 7 BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 18 October 1999 - 10 - where k is the conductivity of paper to passage of air r -k~lis the resistivity of paper to passage of air ,a P is the pressure drop (cm) across the paper n is the pressure exponent and equals 1.0 for flow through fine pores (capillary flow) and 0.5 for flow through small holes (orifice flow). S is the average lineal velocity at the paper surface in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper. 2. Plots that are needed: a) 4-"2(vents) v-9- flow (see ri-lure IV). b) e~ P(tippin-,) Vs- flot'" The flow through the vents in the area marked in Section IV - B -10 is multiplied by 'N(effective) N(tested) and gives the total flow through N(effective) vents. N(,ffective) is the nuimber of holes that are active: i.e., the total number of holes minus holes that are glued closed. c) P(porous njug wra~-) vs- face velocity(F). . The porous plug oi, I) e s . he diss7ected filter t - asure the area of X ., r a p73 c from t ip. Ee t'-3 -)orous plug wran used, typically the se~ment of porous plug Wrclp di3sected from the filter is not uniform and it must be i-iiisured that th2 pi2ce on which porosity is measured has not be2n :Iamased. and is free from glue. The flow through an area of porous plu-, wrap has been measured. race velocity is flow divided by area. Plot the face velocity of the ?orous plug lurap as a function of pressure drop. 3. Iethod- a) Choose a flow; a good one is the value determined for the dilution flow- rd* b) rind the A11(,e,,,S) associated with Fd* c) Find "le "~P(tippinq) associated with Fj. d) Civell -49(ve':S) - 11?(tippinj) 0 '*~61'(porous plu-I wrap) e) Loolic up face velocity of porous plug wrap at -42(porous plu- wrap) determined above. f) Eiuivalent affective area flo'-7 F"-'IlAnin) ity fAce vnlocj,. (cm/min) rI~J (Jr: C> N.C. BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 18 October 1999 q Re?2at the calculation for at least two other flows. Choose flo-,.~,s that bracket 7A. h) Tabul3te sam?le, F, 4,Paper to air.passage when area is equal to I cm-, is calculat:2d fro-m the intercept. r (7) Ln. CD BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 18 October 1999 - 12 - At any given face veloc'ty, S, p-112 S /- Pi (3) rl r2 At a given flow, explicitly expressin-, area F 4 P. n1 2 -6 P2 712 r, r Let subscript 2 represent t~e plug wrap to be substituted and subscript I the plu; wrap presently on the cigarette. Solving for LP2: n 2 = Al x 0 dA- P2 x 77, . , ,nj (10) '~j + L ) n2lC3 I~1'!'2 " 10' (-E + 103(' ' (M Œ ri 7-2 + 1 ) + r. A2 n2 trizh r., - r,-:, and solving for 4 ?2: r- Al lov,( -> - ) ~- n logd P, P2 = antilo.r r, A? n e) Add -1 :1 for the new plug wrap. ~ (tippiLl' ) P(porous plug, wrap) f) Repeat thin calculation at several flows <2 - 4). Plot --'F(vents) "" flow on the graph Generated for the CLI'aratta. 11) :,Iead off the new dilution flotf, the intersection of the rod flow with this calculated .4 7 (vents)* CD Xzb Uri BATCo document for Legal Services: Health Canada 18 October 1999 > FIGURE 1 0 0 SCHMATIC OF THE APPARATUS USED TO MEASURE FILTER TTP DILUTION FLOW CL ... .... 8! Flowmetei C Vacuum Water 0) -., - Manomete Artificial Coal Water Flowmeter Manometer k Trap a) 0 to Compressed gas CL Vact, A degIgnates, mouth e"d B designates coal end Cr C designates chamber CD to to co FIGURE 11 0 q , SCIIEMTIC OF APPAu'rus usn) ro m-'.TrI1MIt4r THE DILUTION FLOW Or NON-FILTERED CICARETTES 0 co CL 0 Vacuum Open to atmosphefe Cigarette Flowmeter Flowmeter Artificial coal Water manometer Open to atmosphere w Vacu The 111111(liktaill colivellient tength for InnerLtoil of thf! cfvnr,!tt,! Into the CFP holder in, 5 nwo at the coal end and 5 rnm at the mouth end. (0 CD CD ~ I ~Zzq-vo I FIGURE III (a) Ff~ L-r Cross section of venillattri filter. (b) __ -1 1 ~Gluc 77 -PlugraD CD BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 18 October 1999 > q 0 0 CL Y to Figure IV 0 0 S INDROWRAP 'A MEASURFI) DILUTION (.Al.(.IJiA'rl,D DLLUTION EEA ITRINI, BILITY MINBER ml/min ml/min % CM2 cm/min OF HOLES CURVE 27MI 390 3 &1. 42U 4 UX 0.27 2400 21 320 3 011. 0.17 2400 21 d ID 33MI 375 387. 380 387. 0.17 3400 21 e CA I (D 530 5 M. 0.28 3400 21 f Curve C represents the experimentally determined AP(vents~- (D X Curve D shows the effect of reducing the equivalent effective area. =r 0 Curve E and F show the effects of changing the permeability of the MROWRAP and varying tile equivalent effective area, i CL 11) mL 00 0 0 0 Cr cc S I ~ ~ ~ S V 0 1 0 CL al sotutions to rite flow 0 Note: a) Rod flow is plotted on an FIGURE IV An eximple of graphic. cquations. inverted ordinate axis. -7 b) Curve d and f are calculated according to the method presented 7 in SecLon E-III, -7- (P -- i . -- --r - -- -------- :- .. (D J. T -7- - 7 I J. 7 -77 j --7 L 0 -7) t !Z, -1' r T I-1. Cr 4 '17, - !- - .. -. I I T I I - I t , I ~ , ~-!- 1 , 1 0570--- 7 APPENDIX I CHOICE OF ARTIFICIAL COAL EQUIPMZNT 1. Smoking Machine 2. Manometer ur preferdbly a pressure transducer 3. Assortment of capillaries 4. Glass tee junction 40 sr-