Samuel GA Wood
Improving the performance of Powered Air-Purifying Respirators.
Email: s.wood8@ncl.ac.uk
Supervisors
Project description
Powered Air-Purifying Respirators (PAPRs) are in widespread use. Staff in industry, the armed forces and emergency services use PAPRs to protect against a wide range of hazardous substances.
We are using computational fluid dynamics to better understand fluid flow and adsorption within a PAPR filter. This will lead to improvements in the longevity and degree of protection offered.
Publications
- Wood S, Chakraborty N, Smith M, Summers M. A Combined Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Linear Driving Force Kinetics in Small Activated Carbon Beds. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2019, 58(36), 16978-16988.
- Wood SGA, Chakraborty N, Smith MW, Summers MJ. A computational fluid dynamics analysis of transient flow through a generic Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Respirator Canister. Chemical Engineering Research and Design2018, 142, 13-24.
- Wood S, Chakraborty N, Smith MW, Summers M, Brewer S. The Impact of Canister Geometry on Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Filter Performance: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene 2019, 16(1), 41-53.
Interests
Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes, turbulence, adsorption, porous media.
Qualifications
- MEng Chemical Engineering