TY - JOUR
TI - Filtration efficiency of a cigarette filter with X- or Y-shaped fibers
AU - Yang Zhanping
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2019
VL - 23
IS - 4
SP - 2517
EP - 2522
PT - Article
AB - Nicotine is harmful to the health of smokers and the inhalation of  second-hand smoke is more harmful. A high efficiency of nicotine filtration  for a cigarette filter is much needed. This paper suggests a formulation to  predict filtration efficiency of a filter with X- or Y-shaped fibers. Main  effects affecting the efficiency are elucidated using a fractal modification  of the Darcy's law.