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http://dx.doi.org/10.5572/KOSAE.2012.28.6.675

Filtration Performance of Fibrous Air Filter under External Electric Field using Insulated Electrodes  

Ji, Sung-Mi (Department of Environmental Health, Korea University)
Sohn, Jong-Ryeul (Department of Environmental Health, Korea University)
Park, Hyun-Seol (Climate Change Research Division, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
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Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment / v.28, no.6, 2012 , pp. 675-687 More about this Journal
Abstract
Applying an external electric field across air filter media is one of methods to improve the filtration performance. Metal wire meshes have been commonly used as electrodes situated on both sides of a thick filter pad. For a thin filter medium a short circuit, known as the biggest drawback for applying an external electric field to air filter, can occur at the closest point between electrodes. In this study several types of insulated meshes were prepared by coating #50 meshes with a dielectric material, Nylon 66, and the filtration property of air filter was evaluated at the presence of external electric field using those insulated meshes as electrodes and compared with that of filters using bared meshes. The collection efficiency of tested filter was increased from 78% to 95% for singly charged 100 nm particles by application of external electric field. As a result, there was no significant difference in collection efficiency between filters with insulated and bared electrodes. Similar results could be also seen from the tests using polydisperse particles. Finally, through this study, we found that the insulation of mesh electrodes doesn't affect the filtration performance of fibrous air filter under external electric field.
Keywords
External electric field; Air filter; Insulated electrode; Collection efficiency; Particle charge;
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