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ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adem.201700572
Keywords
nanomaterials separation; electrospun membrane; aerosol filtration; pore size tunability; airborne contaminates
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The potential of poly(acrylonitrile) electrospun membranes with tuneable pore size and fiber distributions were investigated for airborne fine-particle filtration for the first time. The impact of solution concentration on final membrane properties are evaluated for the purpose of designing separation materials with higher separation efficiency. The properties of fibers and membranes are investigated systematically: the average pore distribution, as characterized by capillary flow porometry, and thermo-mechanical properties of the mats are found to be dependent on fiber diameter and on specific electrospinning conditions. Filtration efficiency and pressure drop are calculated from measurement of penetration through the membranes using potassium chloride (KCl) aerosol particles ranging from 300 nm to 12 mu m diameter. The PAN membranes exhibited separation efficiencies in the range of 73.8-99.78% and a typical quality factor 0.0224 (1 Pa-1) for 12 wt% PAN with nanofibers having a diameter of 858 nm. Concerning air flow rate, the quality factor and filtration efficiency of the electrospun membranes at higher face velocity are much more stable than for commercial membranes. The results suggest that the structure of electrospun membranes is the best for air filtration in terms of filtration stability at high air flow rate.
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