Filtration of bioaerosols using fibrous air filter media

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1165-1174

  Liu, Junjie ^a   Qi, Ruiying ^a   Li, Quanpeng ^a   Han, Guiyuan ^a   Qi, Jiancheng ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Biological Protection Engineering Center   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; BANDPASS FILTERS; EFFICIENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; REMOVAL;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISMS; BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES; FILTRATION EFFICIENCY; FILTRATION PERFORMANCE; NON-BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

AIR FILTERS;

EID: 77949381724     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2009.10390884     Document Type: Article

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