Modelling the effect of particle size in microfiltration

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1754-1770

  Gassara, D ^a   Schmitz, P ^b   Ayadi, A ^a   Prat, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

^c IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

Cake; Darcy; Deposition; Filtration; Particle; Size

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LIQUIDS; MICROFILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVE FILTERS;

CAKE; CAKE FORMATION; COMPUTATION DOMAINS; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAIN; CREEPING FLOWS; DARCY; DARCY MODELS; DEPOSITION; FILTER SURFACES; FILTRATION; FILTRATION EFFICIENCY; FLAT PLATES; FLOW STREAMLINES; HELE-SHAW CELL; INITIAL LOCATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PARTICLE; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; POROUS MEDIUMS; SIZE; SPATIALLY PERIODIC; VARIATIONS OF;

CAPILLARITY;

FILTRATION; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PORE SIZE;

EID: 46049096318     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390801973755     Document Type: Conference Paper

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