Investigation of the figure of merit for filters with a single nanofiber layer on a substrate

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-334

  Wang, Jing ^a   Kim, Seong Chan ^a   Pui, David Y H ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Figure of merit; Nanofiber filters

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROMETERS; PRESSURE DROP;

FIBERGLASS FILTERS; FIBROUS FILTERS;

NANOFIBERS;

GLASS FIBER; NANOFIBER;

DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NANOFILTER; NANOFILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 40849120532     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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