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dc.contributor.authorPyankov, Oleg V
dc.contributor.authorAgranovski, Igor E
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorMullins, Ben J
dc.contributor.editorM.Bahadir
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:07:45Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:07:45Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2009-10-09T06:12:57Z
dc.identifier.issn1863-0650
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/clen.200700191
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/23539
dc.description.abstractAn elevated risk associated with exposure to bioaerosols calls for the development and implementation of new, efficient and cost effective methods of airborne biological particle control. While filtration remains the most efficient method of removal of airborne particles, some issues related to possible re-entrainment of captured particles from the rear face of the filter back into the air carrier have to be addressed. Obviously, viable biological particles blown off from the filter surface could still cause substantial damage to human and animal health and contaminate the ambient air environment. A new technology utilizing coating of filter fibres by biologically active tea tree oil (TTO) is considered in this paper. It was found that precoating of filter fibres with TTO and following usage of such filters for bioaerosol control could provide significant benefits in terms of rapidly inactivating captured microorganisms and, minimizing the number of live/viable particles possibly blown off from the filter by the air. Three bacterial strains with a range of biological stress sensitivity were used in this research. It was found that 99% of stress sensitive Eschericliia coli and Pseudomons fluorescens are inactivated on the surface of the TTO coated filter within 8 and 2 min of exposure, respectively. A robust strain of Bacillus subtilis demonstrated inactivation in the order of one logarithm per 30 min of process operation. These results look very promising for the implementation of this new technology for the control of air quality in domestic and industrial applications.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
dc.publisher.placeWEINHEIM, GERMANY
dc.publisher.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/clen.200700191
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom609
dc.relation.ispartofpageto614
dc.relation.ispartofissue7
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCLEAN-SOIL AIR WATER
dc.relation.ispartofvolume36
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental Technologies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode090703
dc.titleRemoval of Biological Aerosols by Oil Coated Filters
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Self-archiving of the author-manuscript version is not yet supported by this publisher. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version or contact the author for more information.
gro.date.issued2008
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorAgranovski, Igor E.


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