Filtration of nano-aerosol using nanofiber filter under low Peclet number and transitional flow regime

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-42

  Hung, Chi Ho ^a   Leung, Wallace Woon Fong ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air filtration; Electrospinning; Nano aerosol; Nanofiber; Non woven

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTRATION; AIR MOLECULES; BASIS WEIGHT; CAPTURE EFFICIENCY; DIFFUSION MECHANISMS; ELECTROSPUNS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FIBER DIAMETERS; FILTER PERFORMANCE; FILTRATION EFFICIENCY; FLOW DOMAINS; HIGH PERFORMANCE FILTER; ISO STANDARDS; KNUDSEN NUMBERS; MEAN-FREE PATH; MICRO-FIBER; NANO-AEROSOL; NON-WOVEN; NYLON-6; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; QUALITY FACTORS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL CORRELATION; SINGLE FIBER; SINGLE LAYER; SINGLE-FIBER EFFICIENCY; SLIP FLOW; SMALL-DIAMETER; TRANSITION FLOW REGIME; TRANSITIONAL FLOW; TRANSITIONAL FLOW REGIMES; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DIFFUSION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROSPINNING; NANOFIBERS; PECLET NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TRANSITION FLOW; WEAVING;

AIR FILTERS;

EID: 79955579986     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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