Modeling of gas-phase filter model for high- and low-challenge gas concentrations

Building and Environment

Volumn 80, Issue , 2014, Pages 192-203

  Khazraei Vizhemehr, Ali ^a   Haghighat, Fariborz ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breakthrough time; Gas phase filtration; Low concentration; Modeling; Surface diffusion; Validation

Indexed keywords

MODELS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

BREAK THROUGH CURVE; BREAKTHROUGH TIME; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; GASPHASE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PORE DIFFUSION MODELS; PORE SURFACE DIFFUSION MODEL; VALIDATION;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; FILTRATION; MODELING;

EID: 84902964122     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.05.034     Document Type: Article

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