Can Protective Garments be Wearable Filters?
Protective garments for medical, civilian safety and military applications range from disposable lightweight fabrics to multilayered fabrics and laminated barrier materials, depending […]
Wettability and Contact Angle Measurement of Filter Medium Using Modified Washburn’s Equation
Coalescence filtration using fibrous filters is a well-known approach for the separation of water-in-oil emulsions. Many factors have an effect on the […]
Synthesis of Ceramic Nanofibers
Ceramic nanofibers have many potential applications, such as hot gas filtration, gas adsorption, and electricity generation from engine exhaust gas. The high […]
Calculating Pressure Drop of Nanofiber Air Filter Media
Nanofibers are becoming an integral part of many advanced air filtration media thanks to their enormous specific surface area. The large surface […]
What is Zeta Potential?
Zeta potential is a measure of charges carried by particles suspended in a liquid (mostly water). Most particles suspended in water and […]
How Well Does My Filter Work?
Contamination control is the key to a cost-effective maintenance operation for hydraulic or engine systems. You depend on your filters, whether hydraulic, […]
Tubular Membrane Filter™ Modules for Metal Contaminated Wastewater Treatment & Reclamation
Background Industrial processes can often result in waste water contaminated with heavy metals (Hg, Pb, Zn, Ni, Cr, Cu, and Cd) that […]
Air Filtration Applications for Membranes
Given their unique performance attributes membranes are finding use in a growing number of high efficiency air filtration applications. One example is […]
Length Weight Fiber Distribution
One of many ways to characterize fiber mats is by the average fiber diameter distribution. There are many ways to define the […]
Residual Life Indicator: Chemical Vapor Pulse Method
Filter performance failure can result from (1) loss of physical capacity, (2) loss of impregnant reactivity, and (3) loss of mechanical integrity […]
Aerosol Filtration in Nanofiber Filter Media
Nanofiber filter media are used in air filter applications where a compact filtration system with very high overall and fractional efficiency and […]