Environmental dust repelling from hydrophilic/hydrophobic surfaces under sonic excitations.

ABSTRACT: Dust repelling from transparent polyvinyl chloride film surface via sonic excitation is examined and dynamics of repelled (inflight) dust particles are analyzed. An experimental rig is designed and built to assess the vibrational characteristics of the polyvinyl chloride film at different frequencies of sonic excitation. A high speed recording system and tracking program are utilized monitoring and evaluating the dynamics of the inflight particles. The dynamics of inflight particles are also simulated numerically and the predictions are compared with those of the experimental data. In order to examine the influence of dust particle adhesion on the dynamics of the inflight particles, the polyvinyl chloride film surface is hydrophobized through dip coating by functionalized nano-silica parti

SUBMITTER: Abubakar AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7652867 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature