Capturing PM2.5 emissions from 3D printing via nanofiber-based air filter

This study investigated the feasibility of using polycaprolactone (PCL) nanofiber-based air filters to capture PM2.5 particles emitted from fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing. Generation and aggregation of emitted particles were investigated under different testing environments. The results...

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Main Authors: Rao, Chengchen, Gu, Fu, Zhao, Peng, Sharmin, Nusrat, Gu, Haibing, Fu, Jianzhong
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Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49575/
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author Rao, Chengchen
Gu, Fu
Zhao, Peng
Sharmin, Nusrat
Gu, Haibing
Fu, Jianzhong
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Gu, Fu
Zhao, Peng
Sharmin, Nusrat
Gu, Haibing
Fu, Jianzhong
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description This study investigated the feasibility of using polycaprolactone (PCL) nanofiber-based air filters to capture PM2.5 particles emitted from fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing. Generation and aggregation of emitted particles were investigated under different testing environments. The results show that: (1) the PCL nanofiber membranes are capable of capturing particle emissions from 3D printing, (2) relative humidity plays a signification role in aggregation of the captured particles, (3) generation and aggregation of particles from 3D printing can be divided into four stages: the PM2.5 concentration and particles size increase slowly (first stage), small particles are continuously generated and their concentration increases rapidly (second stage), small particles aggregate into more large particles and the growth of concentration slows down (third stage), the PM2.5 concentration and particle aggregation sizes increase rapidly (fourth stage), and (4) the ultrafine particles denoted as 鈥渂uilding unit鈥 act as the fundamentals of the aggregated particles. This work has tremendous implications in providing measures for controlling the particle emissions from 3D printing, which would facilitate the extensive application of 3D printing. In addition, this study provides a potential application scenario for nanofiber-based air filters other than laboratory theoretical investigation.
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spelling nottingham-495752020-05-04T19:04:50Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49575/ Capturing PM2.5 emissions from 3D printing via nanofiber-based air filter Rao, Chengchen Gu, Fu Zhao, Peng Sharmin, Nusrat Gu, Haibing Fu, Jianzhong This study investigated the feasibility of using polycaprolactone (PCL) nanofiber-based air filters to capture PM2.5 particles emitted from fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing. Generation and aggregation of emitted particles were investigated under different testing environments. The results show that: (1) the PCL nanofiber membranes are capable of capturing particle emissions from 3D printing, (2) relative humidity plays a signification role in aggregation of the captured particles, (3) generation and aggregation of particles from 3D printing can be divided into four stages: the PM2.5 concentration and particles size increase slowly (first stage), small particles are continuously generated and their concentration increases rapidly (second stage), small particles aggregate into more large particles and the growth of concentration slows down (third stage), the PM2.5 concentration and particle aggregation sizes increase rapidly (fourth stage), and (4) the ultrafine particles denoted as 鈥渂uilding unit鈥 act as the fundamentals of the aggregated particles. This work has tremendous implications in providing measures for controlling the particle emissions from 3D printing, which would facilitate the extensive application of 3D printing. In addition, this study provides a potential application scenario for nanofiber-based air filters other than laboratory theoretical investigation. Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-04 Article PeerReviewed Rao, Chengchen, Gu, Fu, Zhao, Peng, Sharmin, Nusrat, Gu, Haibing and Fu, Jianzhong (2017) Capturing PM2.5 emissions from 3D printing via nanofiber-based air filter. Scientific Reports, 7 (1). 10366/1-10366/10. ISSN 2045-2322 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-10995-7 doi:10.1038/s41598-017-10995-7 doi:10.1038/s41598-017-10995-7
spellingShingle Rao, Chengchen
Gu, Fu
Zhao, Peng
Sharmin, Nusrat
Gu, Haibing
Fu, Jianzhong
Capturing PM2.5 emissions from 3D printing via nanofiber-based air filter
title Capturing PM2.5 emissions from 3D printing via nanofiber-based air filter
title_full Capturing PM2.5 emissions from 3D printing via nanofiber-based air filter
title_fullStr Capturing PM2.5 emissions from 3D printing via nanofiber-based air filter
title_full_unstemmed Capturing PM2.5 emissions from 3D printing via nanofiber-based air filter
title_short Capturing PM2.5 emissions from 3D printing via nanofiber-based air filter
title_sort capturing pm2.5 emissions from 3d printing via nanofiber-based air filter
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49575/
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49575/