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Fabrication of electrospun nanofiber from waste expanded polystyrene for aerosol filtration application
Rajak A.a, Sandi A.a, Hapidin D.A.a, Munir M.M.a, Iskandar F.a, Khairurrijala
a Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]© 2017 American Scientific Publishers All rights reserved.This paper report on the synthesis of nanofibers from waste expanded polystyrene (EPS) through electrospinning and the application for aerosol filtration. An electrospinning system with a rotary drum collector was used to produce EPS nanofibers. Nanofibers filter was fabricated from a precursor solution prepared by dissolving EPS in D-limonene as the natural solvent. Three concentration variations of EPS solution, which were 30, 33 and 35 wt% had been prepared. The structure and morphology of nanofibers were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for the electrospun nanofibers made from each precursor solution. The analysis of morphology, which included the investigation on the distribution of fibers diameter has been conducted. The performance of aerosol filtration for each filter as the result of the different concentration of precursor solution was conducted by measuring some parameters which included the pressure drop, penetration, efficiency and quality factor. From the result of all characterization, we have proven that a filter consisted of EPS nanofibers shows great potential to be applied as aerosol filter media which is indicated by the high efficiency of aerosol filtration and low-pressure drop.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Aerosol filtration,Electrospinning,Nanofiber,Waste expanded polystyrene[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Acknowledgments: This research was financially supported by the University’s Excellent Research (PUPT) Grant in the fiscal years 2015–2016.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]https://doi.org/10.1166/asl.2017.8815[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]