Gas Phase Filtration
May 6, 2025, Tuesday
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET, USA
$USD 350
$USD 175 (Member Only )
Course Objective
The objective of this course is to help you get an overall understanding of gas phase filtration market and technologies for air purification in terms of removing harmful gases, VOCs, and odors, etc. It covers basic principles, different types of adsorbents and their functions in use, delivery systems of adsorbents, products in different application markets, such as HVAC, odor control, environmental exhaust, toxic gas protection, and the product evaluation methods and standards. The new developents, opportunities and trends for future development will be also discussed.
Course Outline
1. Introduction
What is gas phase filtration?
b. Principles of gas phase filtration
c. Gas phase filtration market
2. Science and Fundamentals
Types of adsorbents
Functions of each type of adsorbent
Selection of right type of adsorbent
Guideline to determine how much adsorbent to use
3. Delivery Systems of Adsorbents
Deep beds
Cassettes and trays
Honeycomb
Pleated filters
4. Applications and Products on Marketplace
HVAC
Odor (Odour) control
Environmental exhaust
Toxic gas protection
Others
5. Product evaluation and Testing Standards (Dr. Guillaume Gallet)
Adsorbent
Road vehicle air filters
HVAC products
6. Recent Developments, Opportunities and Trends (panel discussion)
ISO 10121-3, Classification system for molecular filters for general ventilation (Dr. Guillaume Gallet)
Recent development, opportunities and trends (Panel)
Instructor Biography
Mr. Kevin Jameson
Instructor
Mr. Jameson is currently CEO of PureAir Filtration- a company that specializes in gas phase filtration. He has over 20 years of experience in the gas phase air purification market, 15 of those years being with PureAir Filtration. He holds four patents in the gas phase filtration industry.
Mr. Jameson started his career with Torrington bearings, later moved into the automotive industry with Siemens, spent five years with Purafil as Vice President of Operations, and then founded PureAir Filtration in 2004. Kevin is an active member of the WEF Odor and Air Pollutants committee, a committee member of the International Society for Automation committee on protecting electronics from pollution, and an ASHRAE member. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master's degrees in Engineering from Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Dr. Guillaume Gallet
Instructor
Guillaume Gallet is President of the Molecular Contamination Control (MCC) Division at Camfil. Dr. Gallet has more than 22 years’ experience in the field of air filtration, having occupied diverse positions in R&D, product management and business management in Europe and Asia. Dr. Gallet has a chemical engineering degree from ENSCM, France and an academic background in analytical chemistry and polymer technology from KTH, Sweden. His main area of expertise cover airborne molecular contamination for semiconductors, corrosion control applications, filtration of harmful gases from process exhaust, or indoor air quality related topics for people protection.
Dr. Gallet has been an active speaker at contamination control conferences and SEMI events throughout the last 2 decades. He holds several patents on regenerable filtration technology and monitoring devices.
Mr. Chris Muller
Panelist
Mr. Muller, ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer, Director IEQ Technical Services of AAF International, is recognized globally as an expert in indoor/environmental air quality, filtration and enhanced air cleaning systems, and gas-phase air filtration technology with demonstrated competencies in product development and applications. With more than 30 years in the filtration industry, he has written and spoken extensively on these and related topics with more than 250 articles and peer-reviewed papers, more than 150 seminars, and 8 handbooks to his credit. He has been a driving force on multiple industry association and technical committees, improving awareness and standards in the industry, especially in the field of gas-phase air filtration and indoor environmental air quality. He co-authored ASHRAE’s Position Document on Filtration and Air Cleaning, ASHRAE Guideline 42P: Indoor Air Quality in Commercial and Institutional Buildings, and ASHRAE Standard 62.1 User’s Manual.
Panelists
Dr. Naren Vitchuli, Lead Scientist, Hollingsworth & Vose, USA
Dr. Vitchuli is the Lead Scientist at Hollingsworth & Vose, USA for developing nonwoven filter media for gas phase filtration. Dr.Vitchuli has in-depth knowledge about gas adsorbents, their incorporations in nonwoven media and their gas adsorption testing. Since 2016 at H&V, Dr.Vitchuli has developed nonwoven media products for air, liquid and gas phase filtration, gathering expertise in melt blown, carding and fine fiber technologies. Prior to joining H&V, he started his career in a startup company as a scientist, developing functional polymer fiber materials for cell culture, battery separator and food additive applications, through liquid shear process. Dr.Vitchuli received his Ph.D. degree in Fiber Polymer Science in 2011, and did Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Chemical & Bio-Molecular Engineering 2011- 2013, both from North Carolina State University. He has several peer-review journal publications and patents applications in his academic and professional career.
Dr. Iyad Al-Attar, WFI Strategic Director, Visiting Academia Fellow, Cranfield University, UK.
Dr. Al-Attar is a mechanical engineer and an independent air filtration consultant. He is also a Visiting Academic Fellow in the School of Aerospace, Transport, and Manufacturing at Cranfield University, consulting for air quality and filter performance relevant to land-based gas turbines. Dr. Al-Attar is the strategic director, instructor, and advisory board member of the World Filtration Institute. In 2020, EUROVENT Middle East appointed Dr. Al-Attar as the first associated consultant for air filtration affairs. Dr. Al-Attar received his engineering degrees (BSc, MSc, Ph.D.) from the University of Toronto (Canada), Kuwait University, and Loughborough University (UK), respectively.
Dr. Al-Attar’s area of expertise focuses on designing and performing high-efficiency filters for HVAC and land-based gas turbine applications, particularly on the chemical and physical characterization of airborne particles. Dr. Al-Attar is a columnist in the EUROVENT Middle East newsletter, Climate Control Middle East Magazine, ES Engineering, USA, and Caloryfrio Magazine, Spain. He has authored many articles on air quality, filter design, performance, particle characterization, and climate change, which were translated into Arabic and Spanish. Dr. Al-Attar is an editorial member/referee in the Filtration Society (UK) and the Journal of Cleaner Production.
Dr. Christine Sun, President, World Filtration Institute, USA
Dr. Sun is a renowned technical and market expert in the global filtration industry. With over 30 years of experience in both academia and the industry, she has an in-depth knowledge of filtration, and extensive hands-on expertise in product development, with over 100 technical publications and patents. She is also actively involved in many air/liquid filter standard test developments.
Dr. Sun received her Ph.D. from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and her Executive Certificate from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management. From 2004 to 2011, Dr. Sun worked for Freudenberg Filtration Technologies as the R&D manager and Technology Director for Donaldson 2011-2013. She was the AFS Chair from 2016 to 2017 and received the AFS Fellow Award in 2019, Sr. Scientist Award in 2012, and the best paper award from INDA in 2008. She is also an editorial board member for Textile Research Journal and Journal of Industrial Textiles.