A case study of simulating submicron aerosol filtration via lightweight spun-bonded filter media

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 4871-4883

  Wang, Q ^a   Maze, B ^a   Tafreshi, H Vahedi ^a   Pourdeyhimi, B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Filtration; Fluid mechanics; Modeling; Product design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FILTRATION; FLUID MECHANICS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

2-D MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MICROSCOPIC IMAGES; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION (SVF);

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FILTRATION; FLUID MECHANICS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

AEROSOLS; FILTERS; FILTRATION; FLUID MECHANICS; HOLLOW SYNTHETIC FIBERS; MEMBRANES; POROUS MATERIALS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 33744524854     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.03.039     Document Type: Article

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