Analytical expressions for predicting performance of aerosol filtration media made up of trilobal fibers

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 186, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 1503-1512

  Fotovati, S ^a   Tafreshi, H Vahedi ^a   Pourdeyhimi, B ^b  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol filtration; CFD simulation; Trilobal fibers

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROPS; EFFICIENCY; FORECASTING; PRESSURE DROP;

AEROSOL FILTRATION; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CFD SIMULATIONS; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; FIBROUS FILTRATION; FILTER MEDIA; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION;

FIBERS;

AEROSOL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FILTRATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; FIBER; FILTER; FILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRILOBAL FIBER; AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POROSITY; PRESSURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISCOSITY;

NANOFIBER; NANOPARTICLE;

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FILTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOFIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POROSITY; PRESSURE; SOFTWARE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79751531168     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.12.027     Document Type: Article

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