Analytic solutions for filtration of polydisperse aerosols in fibrous filter
โ Scribed by C.B. Song; H.S. Park
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 384 KB
- Volume
- 170
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0032-5910
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โฆ Synopsis
In this study, analytical solutions for penetration efficiency of a polydisperse aerosol in fibrous filter were derived employing Brownian diffusion and inertial impaction as removal mechanisms. Size distribution of aerosol particles was assumed to be represented by a log-normal function during the filtration. Derived solutions were compared with the exact solution, which is not based on the log-normal assumption, showing good agreement. Error resulting from the log-normal assumption was shown to be greater in the impaction-dominant regime than in the diffusiondominant regime due to higher size dependency of collision kernel which destructed log-normal shape of size distribution. The penetration efficiency of the analytic solution initially decreases faster and then decreases slower than that of the exact solution in the diffusion-and intermediate dominant size regimes due to its polydispersity of particle distribution, while it overpredicted the particle removal in the impaction size range because of neglect of polidispersity effect. A new solution for the most penetrating particle diameter was also provided showing the dependence on filtration velocity, fiber volume fraction, and fiber size.
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