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COMPUTATIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PARTICLE FILTERS AND ELECTRONIC AIR CLEANERS
Citation:
Lawless, P., a. Viner, D. S. Ensor, AND L Sparks*. COMPUTATIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PARTICLE FILTERS AND ELECTRONIC AIR CLEANERS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-93/051 (NTIS PB93-167278), 1993.
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The paper discusses computations on the performance of particle filters and electronic air cleaners (EACs). The collection efficiency of particle filters and ACs is calculable if certain factors can be assumed or calibrated. For fibrous particulate filters, measurement of collection performance at one particle size can allow the performance for other particle sizes to be inferred, within limits, by using the established collection mechanisms of interception and diffusion. or EACs, standard electrostatic precipitator models can be used, if the fraction of flow bypassing the collection zone can be determined. The calculations of these models are demonstrated and compared with experimental results.