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Experimental Investigation on Continuous Filtration of Sub-Micron Aerosol by Filter Composed of Dual-Layers Including a Nanofiber Layer

Wallace Woon-Fong Leung Research Institute of Innovative Products & Technologies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong; Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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Chi-Ho Hung Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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Ping-Tang Yuen Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Pages 1174-1183 | Received 04 Mar 2009, Accepted 03 Aug 2009, Published online: 05 Oct 2009

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