Polymeric Nanofibers in Air Filtration Applications - Technical paper about a process for the manufacture of nanofibers, and the benefits, limitations, construction and performance of filtration systems using polymeric nanofiber media. From Donaldson Company, Inc. Authors: Kristine Graham and others. - http://www.donaldson.com/en/filtermedia/support/datalibrary/052022.pdf
Nanofiber in Filtration Applications in Transportation - Technical paper about the construction and performance of filter media using nanofiber in engine, gas turbine, and mining vehicle cabin air filtration systems. From Donaldson Company, Inc. Authors: Timothy Grafe and others. - http://www.donaldson.com/en/filtermedia/support/datalibrary/052024.pdf
Predicting Nonwoven Sediment Filter Performance - Technical paper testing the liquid filtration performance of nonwoven media of various constructions and fiber blends by standard paper and nonwoven test methods, and proving that filter performance is predictive only within media of the same construction - http://www.lydallfiltration.com/tech/documents/PredictingNon-wovenSedimentFilterPerformance.pdf
Nonwoven Liquid Filtration Media Construction and Performance - Technical paper discussing the construction, performance and applications of carded, needlepunch, spunbond, meltblown and wet-laid nonwoven media for liquid filtration applications. From Lydall Filtration and Separation, Inc. - http://www.lydallfiltration.com/tech/documents/Nonwovenliquidfiltration.pdf
Chemical and Thermal Stability of Nonwoven Filtration Media in Fluid Power Applications - Technical paper evalating different nonwoven wet-laid microglass filtration media for compatibility with a range of hydraulic fluids at different temperatures. From Lydall Flitration and Separation, Inc. - http://www.lydallfiltration.com/tech/documents/CHEMICALANDTHERMALSTABILITYOFNONWOVEN.pdf
Characterising the Liquid Filtration Performance of Nonwoven Media - Technical paper describing a wide array of wet- and dry-laid, and meltblown nonwoven filtration media, and their structures, properties and applications. From Lydall Filtration and Separatio, Inc. - http://www.lydallfiltration.com/tech/documents/CharacterizingtheLiquidFiltrationPerformanceofNon-wovenMedia.pdf
Submicron Filtration Media - Technical paper discussing the different types of wetlaid, drylaid and membrane media available for submicron filtration applications, and comparing their methods of construction, performance and cost. From Lydall Filtration and Separation, Inc. - http://www.lydallfiltration.com/tech/documents/SubmicronFiltrationMedia-CSS.pdf
Benefits of Nonwoven Structure on Adsorption Performance of Novel Filter Medium - Technical paper, introducing a novel technology for the manufacture of a three-dimensional thermobonded matrix of carded bi-component staple fiber and functional activated carbon particles without additional binders, offering improvements in gas and odour - http://www.fiberwebfiltration.com/pdf/TechTextil_2000_paper.pdf
Chemical and Mechanical Damaga to Felts - Technical paper describing the result of a field study, dedicated to the development and formulation of the priciples of chemical and mechanical wear of paper machine felts. Author: Donald L. Gibbon. - http://www.matcoinc.com/files/PublicationPDFs/7TAPPI_felts.pdf
Fabric Filters - Extensive technical paper discussing the various types and cost calculations of fabric filters and the required auxiliary equipment, followed by a review of the related fabric filtration theories forming a foundation for sizing procedures. Authors: James - http://www.p2pays.org/ref/10/09848.pdf
Pore Volume of Nanofiber Nonwovens - Technical paper describing a study of measuring the pore volume and distribution, and pore diameter size using mercury intrusion, liquid extrusion and capillary flow porosimetry. Authors: Akshaya Jena and Krishna Gupta. - http://www.pmiapp.com/publications/docs/INJ-Pore_Volume_of_Nanofiber_Nonwovens.pdf#search=%22nonwovens%22
Design and Testing of Antistatic Filters for Industrial Air Filtration - Technical paper examining the filtration and electrical properties of membrane and non-membrane filter media manufactured from polyester nonwoven needlefelt, including a review of recent advances in membrane performance and test results. From W.L. Gore an - http://www.gore.com/MungoBlobs/article_design_test_antistatic_filters.pdf
Membranes as Pretreatment to Desalination in Wastewater Reuse - Technical paper reviewing the benefits of wastewater reuse for industrial and municipal applications by demonstrating how continuous microfiltration (CMF) pretreatment to reverse osmosis (RO) can reduce capital and operating costs, improve efficiency, and - http://www.desline.com/articoli/4136.pdf
Hydrophobic Hollow Fiber Membranes for Treating MTBE-Contaminated Water - Scientific paper about the application of hydrophobic hollow fiber membranes (HFM) for the treatment of water contaminated with methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE). Authors: A. Keller and B. Bierwagen. - http://www2.bren.ucsb.edu/~keller/papers/Abstract32.pdf
Air Pollution Control Technology Fact Sheet - Fact sheet from the US Environmental Protection Agency, describing the properties, characteristics and applications of paper based and nonwoven high efficiency particle air (HEPA) and ultra low penetration air (ULPA) filtration media. - http://epa.gov/ttn/catc/dir1/ff-hepa.pdf
PMIAPP - USA. A collection of technical articles from the PMI, Inc. web site. The subjects are pore size characterization and measurement, and capillary flow porometry for nonwoven fabrics as filtration media. - http://www.pmiapp.com/publications/index.html
Nanofiber Webs from Electrospinning - Technical paper about the performance of nonwoven nanofiber filtration media in a mining vehicle air filter system. From Donaldson Company, Inc. Authors: Timothy H. Grafe and Kristine M. Graham. - http://www.donaldson.com/en/filtermedia/support/datalibrary/003321.pdf
Improved Fiber Hydroentanglement Using Pulsed Elliptical Jets - Technical paper describing the physical properties and filtration characteristics of hydroentangled nonwoven filter media made from splittable and expanded surface area fibers, manufactured with pulsation apparatus and elliptically formed nozzle jets. Aut - http://www.ntcresearch.org/pdf-rpts/AnRp00/F98-C04.pdf
Evaluating Filtration Media - Technical article about a comparison of the major characteristics of polymeric membrane and nonwoven filtration media. From Du Pont de Nemours. Authors: Dr. Ernst Mayer and Jennifer Warren. - http://www.filtration.dupont.com/lit/1998b.pdf
Electrical Resistivity of Active Carbon Nonwovens - Technical paper about the techniques and procedures for making a nonwoven fabric precursor and their effect on the magnitude of the electrical resistivity of active carbon nonwovens manufactured from this precursor. Authors: Romualda Cislo and others. - http://www.fibtex.lodz.pl/47_17_70.pdf
Synthetic Split Microfiber Technology for Filtration - Scientific article about the applications of synthetic split microfibers in nonwoven filtration media. Tables, technical specifications, and photo's. From Fiber Innovation Technology, Inc. DOC file. Authors: Jeff Dugan and Ed Homonoff. - http://www.fitfibers.com/files/Microfibers%20for%20Filtration.doc
Primer on Nonwoven Fabric Filtration Media - Overview of the history, materials, media forms, characteristics, manufacturing methods, applications and markets of nonwoven fabrics for filtration media. Author: Edward C. Gregor. - http://www.egregor.com/whitepapers/NONWOVEN%20PRIMER.pdf
Liquid Extrusion Techniques for Pore Structure Evaluation of Nonwovens - Technical paper analyzing two different liquid extrusion techniques applied to determine pore structure of nonwoven materials, and an evaluation of the results obtained. Authors: A. Jena and K. Gupta. - http://www.pmiapp.com/publications/docs/Liquid_Extrusion_2003.pdf
The Evolution of a Spunbonded Nonwoven for Filtration Applications - Technical paper outlining the technical properties of Du Pont's textured or apertured, and meltblown and spunbond nonwovens for liquid and ait filtration applications. Tables, diagrams and SEM photos. From Du Pont de Nemours & Co. Authors: J. Warren a - http://www.filtration.dupont.com/lit/2000.pdf
The Effect of Anisotropy on In-Plane Liquid Distribution in Nonwoven Fabrics - Thesis on the determination of the effect of anisotropy in the liquid distribution of a nonwoven fabric utilizing a device which records the liquid spread. Also, an introduction of a new method to measure the intrinsic wicking properties of a nonwoven fab - http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/ncrc/acrobatfiles/thesis/konopka.pdf