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Room Air
OPC
Inlet Aerosol
Filters Generator
Upstream Device
Blower Flow
Mixer Section
Control
Backup Filter
Valve
Holder (Used
Copyright-National Air Filtration Association V6 2010 When Dust loading)
Size Range Fractional Efficiency (%) at Resistance (in H20) Composite Composite
(micrometers) 0.28 0.32 0.46 0.64 0.82 1.00 Minimum Average
0.3 to 0.4 2.7 6.7 17.2 29.4 37.1 37.9 2.7
0.4 to 0.55 7.8 15.9 27.7 43.3 53.2 54.6 7.8
E1 = 9.8
0.55 to 0.7 11.2 30.2 46.0 60.7 70.5 71.6 11.2
0.7 to 1.0 17.6 42.6 59.3 73.7 81.3 81.8 17.6
1.0 to 1.3 20.4 51.6 70.3 80.8 83.7 85.2 20.4
1.3 to 1.6 23.9 58.2 76.5 84.7 86.1 87.2 23.9
E2 = 27.2
1.6 to 2.2 28.3 69.6 84.1 89.1 90.2 91.0 28.3
2.2 to 3.0 36.3 83.9 91.9 94.2 94.4 93.2 36.3
3.0 to 4.0 39.4 89.4 93.7 95.8 96.4 94.9 39.4
4.0 to 5.5 42.8 90.6 95.3 96.5 97.9 95.6 42.8
E3 = 44.8
5.5 to 7.0 46.5 92.3 97.1 98.0 98.4 97.9 46.5
7.0 to 10.0 50.4 94.8 97.5 98.3 100 99.2 50.4
ASHRAE Dust
80
Filtration Efficiency (%)
60
40
10 wks. Ambient
20
Initial
0
0.1 1 10
Particle Diameter (micrometers)
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MERV –A - Added to determine the
amount of the efficiency loss a filter may
realize in field application