Clogging of an electrically active fibrous filter material: Experimental results and two-dimensional simulations

Powder Technology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-75

  Walsh, D C ^a   Stenhouse, J I T ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Electrostatics; Filter clogging; Filtration; Gas cleaning

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILTRATION; PRESSURE DROP;

ELECTRICALLY ACTIVE FILTER MATERIAL; FILTER CLOGGING; GAS CLEANING;

ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLEANING; ELECTRICITY; FILTER; FILTRATION; FLOW; GAS; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0031239277     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(97)03260-9     Document Type: Article

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