3D air filtration modeling for nanofiber based filters in the ultrafine particle size range

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 82, Issue , 2012, Pages 299-311

  Sambaer, Wannes ^a   Zatloukal, Martin ^a   Kimmer, Dusan ^b  

^a TOMAS BATA UNIVERSITY IN ZLIN   (Czech Republic)

^b SPUR as   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Filtration; Mathematical modeling; Nanostructure; Polymers; Separations

Indexed keywords

3D STRUCTURE; AIR FILTRATION; AVERAGE FIBER DIAMETERS; BROWNIAN DIFFUSION; ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS; FILTER SAMPLE; FILTRATION CHARACTERISTICS; FILTRATION EFFICIENCY; FILTRATION MODELING; IMAGE-BASED; MODEL VALIDATION; MOLECULAR FLOW; QUALITY FACTORS; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE SIZES;

ELECTROSPINNING; FILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOFIBERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMERS; POLYURETHANES; SEPARATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84865323934     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.07.031     Document Type: Article

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