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HEPA Filter diagram

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English: Diagram showing the main parts of a HEPA filter on the large diagram; its operation is shown on the 3 smaller diagrams:
  • the thick brown/tan lines represent fibers in the filter medium.
  • the blue lines represent air flow.
  • The dark circle represents a particle (dust, bacteria, spore, etc.)
  • the dotted red line represents the trajectory of the particle; consider that as soon as a particle comes within one radius of a fibre it adheres to it.
  • in the case of diffusion, the particle (usually 0.1 µm or smaller) has such a trajectory because of the collision with gas molecules.

On the 100 nm to 1-micron scales that are the most challenging for filters, it is helpful to think of air as a viscous fluid like molasses. As the fluid flows through the filters, particles are carried around the fibers of the filter medium, for the most part. Inertial impaction: Larger particles (>1 micron) may be massive enough to continue to move in nearly a straight line (Newton's Law), as the flow is diverted around a fiber. Interception: Smaller particles are not much affected by inertia, but, if they are carried within one particle radius of the fiber, they will be intercepted by it. Diffusion: Still smaller particles (<100 nm) move randomly among streamlines as they are buffeted by collisions with molecules. A particle along a streamline that approaches a fiber very closely may be knocked against the fiber by such a collision.

English: This image was created as part of the Philip Greenspun illustration project.
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Source Did myself using this sources: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9].
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current18:41, 19 March 2019Thumbnail for version as of 18:41, 19 March 2019607 × 544 (343 KB)দিব্য দত্ত (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 02:11, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
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08:06, 1 September 2008Thumbnail for version as of 08:06, 1 September 2008607 × 544 (395 KB)LadyofHats (talk | contribs)corrected particle size, aded average size of particles and trajectory on difuccion
21:55, 15 August 2008Thumbnail for version as of 21:55, 15 August 2008607 × 544 (384 KB)LadyofHats (talk | contribs)darker text
21:17, 14 August 2008Thumbnail for version as of 21:17, 14 August 2008607 × 544 (384 KB)LadyofHats (talk | contribs)this is a corrected version of the original
21:16, 14 August 2008Thumbnail for version as of 21:16, 14 August 2008607 × 544 (320 KB)LadyofHats (talk | contribs)THID VERSION CONTAINS LABELS AS TEXT!
16:01, 13 August 2008Thumbnail for version as of 16:01, 13 August 2008607 × 544 (382 KB)LadyofHats (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=diagram showing the main parts of a HEPA filter and the way it works. |Source=Did myself using this sources: [http://people.seas.harvard.edu/~jones/lab_arch/nano_facilities/hepa.gif], [http://www.sage-earth-sciences.com/hepa/clo

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