Skin effect in nanofiber filtration of submicron aerosols

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 92, Issue , 2012, Pages 174-180

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

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air filtration; Loading; Nanofibers; Pressure drop; Skin layer; Sub micron aerosol

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL LOADING; AIR FILTRATION; DUAL LAYER; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; FACE REGIONS; FILTRATION EFFICIENCY; MICROFIBER FILTERS; SKIN LAYER; SUBMICRON AEROSOL;

DEPOSITS; FILTRATION; LOADING; NANOFIBERS; PRESSURE DROP; SKIN EFFECT;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 84860690754     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.02.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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