Improvement in nanofiber filtration by multiple thin layers of nanofiber mats

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 230-236

  Zhang, Qi ^a   Welch, James ^b   Park, Hyoungjun ^a   Wu, Chang Yu ^a   Sigmund, Wolfgang ^a,c   Marijnissen, Jan C M ^b,d  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Filtration; Multi layer; Nanofiber; Polyacrylonitrile (PAN); Quality factor

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING; FILTRATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

DEPOSITION TIME; ELECTROSPUN FIBERS; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; FILTRATION TESTS; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; POLYACRYLONITRILE (PAN); QUALITY FACTORS; THICKNESS UNIFORMITY;

NANOFIBERS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; NANOFIBER;

AEROSOL; FILTER; FILTRATION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NANOFILTRATION; NEBULIZER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

EID: 74249095143     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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