Development of a method for bacteria and virus recovery from heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) filters.

Farnsworth J.E., Goyal S.M., Kim S.W., Kuehn T.H., Raynor P.C., Ramakrishnan M.A., Anantharaman S., Tang W.
Year:
2006
Bibliographic info:
Journal of environmental monitoring, Vol 8., 2006, pp 1006-1013

A methodology for studying HVAC filter loading and subsequent microorganism removal is presented in this paper. First, the test facility used to challenge the filter media is discussed, then nine loading tests have been conducted , three for each of the three viruses, for the validation of the facility. Finally the results and conclusions are presented.

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