Ultrafine particle removal and ozone generation by in-duct electrostatic precipitators

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2067-2074

  Poppendieck, Dustin G ^a   Rim, Donghyun ^a,b   Persily, Andrew K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; FILTRATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

CARBON; FILTRATION; HUMANS; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84893625842     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es404884p     Document Type: Article

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