Use of carbon nanotube filter in removing bioaerosols

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 611-620

  Guan, Tianjia ^a   Yao, Maosheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis var niger; Bioaerosol; Carbon nanotube filter; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Removal efficiency

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BANDPASS FILTERS; COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MICROFILTRATION; POLYPROPYLENES; PORE SIZE; REMOVAL; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SODIUM CHLORIDE; VALUE ENGINEERING; YARN;

BIOAEROSOLS; LOADING EFFICIENCY; NIGER; OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTERS; POLYAMIDE MEMBRANES; POLYPROPYLENE MEMBRANE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; POLYAMIDE; POLYPROPYLENE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FILTER; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOAEROSOL; BIOFILTER; FILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 77952953155     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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