IMPLICATIONS OF PARTICLE SIZE TO TRANSIENT STAGE OF DEEP BED FILTRATION

Vigneswaran S; Prasanthi H; Dharmappa HB

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.13, No.6, 565-572, November, 1996

Vigneswaran S, Prasanthi H, Dharmappa HB

This study was aimed at investigating the effect of particle size, mostly in the submicron range, on break-through stage of filtration. Latex beads, with diameters ranging from 0.46_- to 2.967_-μm were filtered through filter grains of diameters 0.1_-,0.175_- and 0.45_-mm. Experi- mental conditions were chosen so as to obtain breakrthrough curves. The experimental results showed that the initial efficiency follows the pattern reported by previous experimental and theoretical studies, i.e., lower efficiency for 0.825_-μm particles which fall in the range of critical size. However, the particle removal during the transient stage increased with an increase in particle size for the range of sizes studied. This pattern is qualitatively confirmed by the theoretical predictions of Vigneswaran and Chang (1986) model. This study also provides experimental verification of the effect of the ratio of particle size and grain size at different stages of filtration.

Keywords:Particle Size;Submicron;Critical Size;Clean Bed Filter Efficiency;Breakthrough Stage;Transient Stage Filter Efficiency

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[Referenced By]

[1] Adin A, Rebhun M, J. Am. Water Wks. Assoc., 69, 444 (1977)

[2] Dharmappa HB, "Computer Aided Optimization and Design of Water Treatment Systems Incorporating Particle Size Distribution," D. Engng Dissertation, Asian Institution of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand (1991)

[3] Ghosh MM, Jordan TA, Porter RL, J. Environ. Eng. Div. Proc. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng., EE1(71), 71 (1975)

[4] Habibian MT, O'Melia CR, J. Environ. Eng.-ASCE, 101, 567 (1975)

[5] O'Melia CR, Ali W, Prog. Water. Technol., 10(5-6), 167 (1978)

[6] Rajagoplan R, Tien C, AIChE J., 22(3), 523 (1976)

[7] Spielman LA, Goren SL, Environ. Sci. Technol., 4, 135 (1970)

[8] Tobiason JE, Johnson GS, Westerhoff PK, Vigneswaran B, J. Environ. Eng.-ASCE, 119(3), 520 (1993)

[9] Veerapaneni S, Weisner MR, J. Environ. Eng.-ASCE, 119(1), 172 (1993)

[10] Vigneswaran S, Ben Aim R, AIChE J., 31(2), 324 (1985)

[11] Vigneswaran S, Chang JS, Water Res., 23(11), 1413 (1989)

[12] Vigneswaran S, Chang JS, Janssens JG, Water Res., 24(7), 927 (1990)

[13] Vigneswaran S, Chang JS, Water Air Soil Pollut., 29, 155 (1986)

[14] Yao KM, Habibian MT, O'Melia CR, Environ. Sci. Technol., 5(11), 1105 (1971)