The Swiss 1998 Ordinance on Air Pollution Control (OAPC) mandates curtailment of carcinogenic Diesel particle emissions at construction sites [4]. In addition particle traps are compulsory at underground workplaces [3]. In compliance, more than 6,000 Diesel engines were retrofitted with different particle trap systems. Many traps surpassed 99% filtration efficiency, from the beginning, and seco...

Background & Aims of the Study: In some situation like rainfall seasons raw water become very turbid so it affected the water treatment plant processes and quality of produced water. Treatment of very high turbid water has some concerns like precursors for disinfection by-products and very loading rate of particle on filter's media and consequently increases in water consumptio...

Background: Continuous expansion of potable water pollution sources is one of the main concerns of water suppliers, therefore measures such as water safety plan (WSP), have been taken into account to control these sources of pollution. The aim of this study was to identify probable risks and threatening hazards to drinking water quality in Lighvan village along with assessment of bank filtratio...

This study shows the benefits of using high molecular weight cationic polyacrylamide (PAM) in the purification of wastewater discharged from a wet scrubber in secondary lead smelter for reuse. The effect of temperature, pH, filtration pressure, polymer dose and different types of filtration fabrics on filtration rate (x), efficiency (ε) and quality of the produced water for recycling have bee...

A number of commercially available air cleaners designed for use against solder fume have been examined. The fume capture efficiencies have been measured with a tracer gas comprising a neutrally buoyant mixture of sulphur hexafluoride and helium, and the filtration efficiencies have been measured using solder fume produced at a constant concentration, laboratory-generated monodisperse aerosols,...

The ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), triggered by the rapid community spread severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has brought forward need for speedy testing and manufacturing face masks global use. Overwhelmed fast-growing demand disposable masks, many governments have recommended use of, elaborated design criteria for, reusable that are meant to slow down ...