Investigation of Electrostatic Forces on Particle Deposition in a Test Chamber

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-186

  Lai, Alvin C K ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Electrostatic forces; Eulerian model; Particle deposition Chamber

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; COPPER; GLASS; TRACER;

AMBIENT AIR; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BROWNIAN DIFFUSION; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICITY; EULERIAN MODEL CHAMBER; FOIL; MODEL; PARTICLE DEPOSITION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEST CHAMBER; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

EID: 33644854769     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X06063219     Document Type: Article

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