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The control of airborne particulate matter (PM) in indoor air is important for improving the health and well-being of the building inhabitants. Indoor PM arises from both infiltration of ambient particulate pollution and from multiple indoor sources. Given the large amount of time people spend indoors, reducing exposure to PM is an important contribution to better indoor air quality. The most common approach to PM reduction is through filtration. Filtration systems can be designed at various scales from room air cleaners to large-scale building HVAC systems. This chapter provides an introduction to filtration theory and then describes applications of filtration systems at various levels of scale.
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Stephens, B., Maynard, A., Hopke, P.K. (2022). Control of Airborne Particles: Filtration. In: Zhang, Y., Hopke, P.K., Mandin, C. (eds) Handbook of Indoor Air Quality. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5155-5_55-1
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