A review of different ventilation modes on thermal comfort, air quality and virus spread control

M Fan, Z Fu, J Wang, Z Wang, H Suo, X Kong… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the era of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), inappropriate indoor ventilation may
turn out to be the culprit of microbial contamination in enclosed spaces and deteriorate the …

Utilizing electrostatic effect in fibrous filters for efficient airborne particles removal: Principles, fabrication, and material properties

Y Gao, E Tian, Y Zhang, J Mo - Applied Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Particulate matter (PM) poses a severe health threat to the public, and fibrous filtration is a
powerful method for efficient PM removal. Arming the fibers with electrostatic effect is a gold …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 impact on operation and energy consumption of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems

W Zheng, J Hu, Z Wang, J Li, Z Fu, H Li, J Jurasz… - Advances in Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system is favourable for regulating indoor
temperature, relative humidity, airflow pattern and air quality. However, HVAC systems may …

A review of air filtration technologies for sustainable and healthy building ventilation

G Liu, M Xiao, X Zhang, C Gal, X Chen, L Liu… - Sustainable cities and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Urbanization increased population density in cities and consequently leads to severe indoor
air pollution. As a result of these trends, the issue of sustainable and healthy indoor …

Improving indoor air quality, health and performance within environments where people live, travel, learn and work

FJ Kelly, JC Fussell - Atmospheric Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
In today's' indoor generation', most human activities take place within an enclosed space,
characterised by a chemically diverse and complex air quality. Although source control is the …

Electrostatic Polydopamine-Interface-Mediated (e-PIM) filters with tuned surface topography and electrical properties for efficient particle capture and ozone removal

Y Gao, E Tian, J Mo - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Ambient particulate matter (PM) poses severe environmental health risks to the public
globally, and efficient filtration technologies are urgently needed for air ventilation. In this …

Application of electrospun nonwoven fibers in air filters

IA Borojeni, G Gajewski, RA Riahi - Fibers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Air filtration has seen a sizable increase in the global market this past year due to the COVID-
19 pandemic. Nanofiber nonwoven mats are able to reach certain efficiencies with a low …

Composites based on nanoparticle and pan electrospun nanofiber membranes for air filtration and bacterial removal

AC Canalli Bortolassi, VG Guerra, ML Aguiar… - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Often, solid matter is separated from particle-laden flow streams using electrospun filters due
to their high specific surface area, good ability to capture aerial particulate matter, and low …

Experimental studies on electrostatic-force strengthened particulate matter filtration for built environments: Progress and perspectives

E Tian, Y Gao, J Mo - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Every year, ambient particulate matter (PM) causes more than one million deaths worldwide.
Considering that people spend more than 80% of their time indoors, there is an urgent need …

Towards sustainable and multifunctional air-filters: a review on biopolymer-based filtration materials

H Souzandeh, Y Wang, AN Netravali… - Polymer Reviews, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Air-filtration has played an increasingly important role in keeping desired indoor air quality in
spite of the heavily polluted air that has worsened by human being's activities. Because the …