A falling-head procedure for the measurement of filter media sphericity

Water SA

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-104

  Haarhoff, Johannes ^a   Vessal, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ergun; Falling head test; Filter media; Grain shape; Granular filtration; Sphericity

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; DROPS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); WATER LEVELS;

CONSTANT FLOW RATES; ERGUN; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; FILTER MEDIA; FILTRATION COLUMNS; GRAIN SHAPES; SPHERICITY; THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT;

FLOW RATE;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTRATION; FLOW PATTERN; GRANULAR MEDIUM; PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 77954231912     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v36i1.50912     Document Type: Article

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