Can filter cake porosity be estimated based on the Kozeny-Carman equation?

Powder Technology

Volumn 237, Issue , 2013, Pages 233-240

  Tien, Chi ^a   Ramarao, Bandaru V ^b  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cake porosity; Filtration; Flow through porous media; Kozeny Carman equation; Relationship between pressure drop and flow rate

Indexed keywords

FILTER CAKES; FLOW THROUGH POROUS MEDIAS; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; KOZENY-CARMAN EQUATION; SPHERICAL PARTICLE;

FILTRATION; FLOW RATE; POROSITY;

POROUS MATERIALS;

BENTONITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ARTICLE; CAKE POROSITY; FILTER CAKE; FILTRATION; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; KOZENY CARMAN EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

EID: 84875275547     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.09.031     Document Type: Article

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