Advances in Deep Bed Filtration: State of the Art and Challenges for the Future
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 6 December 2024 | Viewed by 84
Special Issue Editors
Interests: deep bed filtration; air filters; aerosol mechanics; Lattice-Boltzmann method; porous media; biological fluids
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Dear Colleagues,
The filtration of solid particles using deep-bed filters is one of the principal methods employed to achieve the accurate removal of micrometer and submicrometer-sized particles from a fluid stream; this is due to its high efficiency and low resistance. The quality of a filter can be described using three parameters, namely, the pressure drop on the filter, its separation efficiency, and retention capacity.
Providing a mathematical description of the depth filtration is extremely difficult due to the complicated internal geometrical structure of the filters, the complexity of the solid particle transport and deposition in the filter, and the unsteady character of the process.
In recent years, numerous fibrous media have been used for manufacturing, protective (against pollution and pathogens), and filtering materials. Providing efficient protection against pathogens often requires the modification of the fiber collector surface in order to achieve antimicrobial properties. Moreover, the global production of fibrous materials has expanded significantly, so air and water purification using micro- and nanofibers is becoming an important challenge due to concerns regarding the release of plastic nano- and microfibers and microparticles (microplastics) into the natural environment. Therefore, the development of novel biodegradable, recyclable or regenerable filter materials has become a crucial challenge.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: filter design, manufacturing, media characterisation, mathematical modelling and applications.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Rafal Przekop
Prof. Dr. Arkadiusz Moskal
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- deep bed filtration
- porous media
- fibrous filters
- aerosol particles
- liquid suspension
- fibrous particles
- microparticles
- nanoparticles
