Inclined wettable filter for mist purification

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 229-238

  Agranovski, Igor E ^a   Myojo, Toshihiko ^b   Braddock, Roger D ^a   Jarvis, Darren ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air filter; Air purification; Filter clogging; Mist removal; Wettability

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FILTRATION; FOG; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PURIFICATION; THIN FILMS; VISCOSITY; WETTING;

INCLINED WETTABLE FILTERS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

AEROSOL; AIR FILTER; CLOGGING; GAS-LIQUID SEPARATION; PURIFICATION; WETTING;

EID: 0037190680     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-8947(02)00130-4     Document Type: Article

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