Application of air ions for bacterial de-colonization in air filters contaminated by aerosolized bacteria

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 748-755

  Kim, Yang Seon ^a   Yoon, Ki Young ^b   Park, Jae Hong ^a   Hwang, Jungho ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Hyundai Motor Co   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air filter; Bacteria; Bioaeorosol; Escherichia coli; Ionizer; Staphlyococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

AIR IONS; ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECTS; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BIOAEOROSOL; E. COLI; ELECTROSTATIC DISRUPTIONS; EPIDERMIDIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY IMAGES; HIGH VOLTAGE; IONIZER; MEMBRANE FILTERS; NEGATIVE AIR ION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIOLOGY; CARBON FIBERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIELD EMISSION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IONIZATION; IONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AIR FILTERS;

CARBON;

AEROSOL; DECOLONIZATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AEROSOL; AIR FILTER; AIR PARTICLE CONTROL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

AEROSOLS; AIR IONIZATION; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; IONS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 78650988794     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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