Avalanche effect for chemically modified dust mitigation from surfaces

Abstract Cost effective dust mitigation from surfaces is one of the challenges in various sectors. The reduction of dust adhesion on surfaces plays a vital role for dust mitigation from surfaces under the gravitational influence. Creating an avalanche effect on dusty surfaces improves the dust mitig...

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Autores principales:	Johnny Ebaika Adukwu, Bekir Sami Yilbas, Almaz Jalilov, Hussain Al-Qahtani, Ahmet Z. Sahin, Abdullah Al-Sharafi, Abba Abdulhamid Abubakar, Mubarak Yakubu, Mazen Khaled, Ghassan Hassan
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9e8571cea03b401086333703ac71efcc2021-12-02T14:12:41ZAvalanche effect for chemically modified dust mitigation from surfaces10.1038/s41598-020-80811-22045-2322https://doaj.org/article/9e8571cea03b401086333703ac71efcc2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80811-2https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Cost effective dust mitigation from surfaces is one of the challenges in various sectors. The reduction of dust adhesion on surfaces plays a vital role for dust mitigation from surfaces under the gravitational influence. Creating an avalanche effect on dusty surfaces improves the dust mitigation rate and provides an effective cleaning process. Hence, solution treatment of dust by low concentration hydrofluoric acid is considered towards reducing dust adhesion on glass surfaces. To increase the rate of dust mitigation, the avalanche influence is created by the higher density and larger size particles (5300 kg/m3 and ~ 50 µm) than the average size dust particles (2800 kg/m3 and 1.2 µm) via locating them in the top region of the dusty glass surfaces. Mitigation velocity of the dust particles is evaluated using a high-speed recording system and the tracker program. Findings revealed that solution treatment (curing) of the dust particles results in the formation of fluorine compounds, such as CaF2 and MgF2, on dust surfaces, which suppress dust adhesion on surfaces. OSHA Globally Harmonized System lists the fluorine compounds formed as environmentally non-harmful. Avalanche's influence results in dust mitigation at a smaller tilt angle of the glass surface (~ 52°) than that of the case with none-avalanche influence (63°). Area cleaned on the glass surface, via dust mitigation, is larger as the avalanche is introduced, which becomes more apparent for the solution treated dust particles. Dust mitigation under avalanche influence improves optical transmittance of the dusty glass samples by a factor of 98%.Johnny Ebaika AdukwuBekir Sami YilbasAlmaz JalilovHussain Al-QahtaniAhmet Z. SahinAbdullah Al-SharafiAbba Abdulhamid AbubakarMubarak YakubuMazen KhaledGhassan HassanNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Johnny Ebaika Adukwu Bekir Sami Yilbas Almaz Jalilov Hussain Al-Qahtani Ahmet Z. Sahin Abdullah Al-Sharafi Abba Abdulhamid Abubakar Mubarak Yakubu Mazen Khaled Ghassan Hassan Avalanche effect for chemically modified dust mitigation from surfaces
description	Abstract Cost effective dust mitigation from surfaces is one of the challenges in various sectors. The reduction of dust adhesion on surfaces plays a vital role for dust mitigation from surfaces under the gravitational influence. Creating an avalanche effect on dusty surfaces improves the dust mitigation rate and provides an effective cleaning process. Hence, solution treatment of dust by low concentration hydrofluoric acid is considered towards reducing dust adhesion on glass surfaces. To increase the rate of dust mitigation, the avalanche influence is created by the higher density and larger size particles (5300 kg/m3 and ~ 50 µm) than the average size dust particles (2800 kg/m3 and 1.2 µm) via locating them in the top region of the dusty glass surfaces. Mitigation velocity of the dust particles is evaluated using a high-speed recording system and the tracker program. Findings revealed that solution treatment (curing) of the dust particles results in the formation of fluorine compounds, such as CaF2 and MgF2, on dust surfaces, which suppress dust adhesion on surfaces. OSHA Globally Harmonized System lists the fluorine compounds formed as environmentally non-harmful. Avalanche's influence results in dust mitigation at a smaller tilt angle of the glass surface (~ 52°) than that of the case with none-avalanche influence (63°). Area cleaned on the glass surface, via dust mitigation, is larger as the avalanche is introduced, which becomes more apparent for the solution treated dust particles. Dust mitigation under avalanche influence improves optical transmittance of the dusty glass samples by a factor of 98%.
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author	Johnny Ebaika Adukwu Bekir Sami Yilbas Almaz Jalilov Hussain Al-Qahtani Ahmet Z. Sahin Abdullah Al-Sharafi Abba Abdulhamid Abubakar Mubarak Yakubu Mazen Khaled Ghassan Hassan
author_facet	Johnny Ebaika Adukwu Bekir Sami Yilbas Almaz Jalilov Hussain Al-Qahtani Ahmet Z. Sahin Abdullah Al-Sharafi Abba Abdulhamid Abubakar Mubarak Yakubu Mazen Khaled Ghassan Hassan
author_sort	Johnny Ebaika Adukwu
title	Avalanche effect for chemically modified dust mitigation from surfaces
title_short	Avalanche effect for chemically modified dust mitigation from surfaces
title_full	Avalanche effect for chemically modified dust mitigation from surfaces
title_fullStr	Avalanche effect for chemically modified dust mitigation from surfaces
title_full_unstemmed	Avalanche effect for chemically modified dust mitigation from surfaces
title_sort	avalanche effect for chemically modified dust mitigation from surfaces
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/9e8571cea03b401086333703ac71efcc
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Avalanche effect for chemically modified dust mitigation from surfaces

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