On the importance of fibers' cross-sectional shape for air filters operating in the slip flow regime

Powder Technology

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-431

  Hosseini, S A ^a   Tafreshi, H Vahedi ^a  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; CFD simulation; Fibrous media; Filtration; Nanofiber; Square fibers

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATION; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; ELLIPTICAL CROSS SECTION; FIBER DIAMETERS; FIBER GEOMETRIES; FIBROUS FILTERS; FIBROUS MEDIA; FLOW REGIMES; FLOWTHROUGH; GAS MOLECULES; MEAN FREE PATH; MICROFIBERS; SINGLE FIBER; SLIP FLOW REGIMES; SQUARE FIBERS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; GEOMETRY; NANOFIBERS;

FIBERS;

NANOFIBER;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOL; AIR FILTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FILTER; FLOW KINETICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 79961030925     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.06.025     Document Type: Article

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