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- Title
Difference in the Use of a Quartz Filter and a PTFE Filter as First-Stage Filter in the Four-Stage Filter-Pack Method.
- Authors
Aikawa, Masahide; Hiraki, Takatoshi
- Abstract
We evaluated the differences in the use of a quartz filter and a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) filter as a first (F0)-stage filter in a four-stage filter-pack method. A four-stage filter-pack method can completely collect sulfur species (SO and SO), nitrate species (HNO and NO), and ammonium species (NH and NH) with little or no leakage irrespectively of the first-stage filter used. On the other hand, a seasonal variation was observed in the efficiency of collection between the quartz filter and the PTFE filter depending on the material to be collected. There was no seasonal variation in the efficiency of collection in sulfur species; in contrast, a clear seasonal variation was observed for the nitrate and ammonium species. As for NO, the PTFE filter was more vulnerable than the quartz filter at air temperatures below 21°C, while the quartz filter was more vulnerable than the PTFE filter at air temperatures exceeding 21°C. A similar vulnerability for air temperature was observed for NH, although the threshold air temperature was 23°C for NH. Consequently, the evaporation loss of NO would be mainly attributable to the volatilization of NHNO, although it is also partially due to the volatilization of NHCl.
- Subjects
FILTERS &; filtration; CRYSTAL filters; POLYTEF; PIEZOELECTRIC devices; VAPORIZATION in water purification
- Publication
Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 2010, Vol 213, Issue 1-4, p331
- ISSN
0049-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11270-010-0388-y