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Analytic solutions for filtration of polydisperse aerosols in fibrous filter

โœ 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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โœฆ 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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