posted on 2010-11-23, 12:40authored byKuhan Chellappah, Steve Tarleton, Richard J. Wakeman
New data are reported on the filtration of binary fibre/titania (rutile) mixtures. The combined use of
the Kozeny-Carman equation and Darcy’s law is presented and discussed in relation to application
in the filtration of binary mixtures. Upon close study, this approach is shown to have its limitations,
particularly when significant aggregation takes place between the two solids species. The
difficulties in overcoming these limitations from a purely fundamental basis are highlighted, and a
semi-empirical model is presented and discussed. This model appears to represent the specific
resistance trend with solids composition reasonably well for a wide range of binary mixture filtration
data.
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Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
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Chemical Engineering
Citation
CHELLAPPAH, K. TARLETON, E.S. and WAKEMAN, R.J., 2010. Aggregation effects in the cake filtration of interacting binary mixtures. Chemical Engineering Science, 65 (24), pp. 6407-6414.