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Designing water fluid circuits

Author: Olivier COSTE

Publication date: January 10, 2010 | Lire en français

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    6. Filtration

    6.1 General information and definitions

    The aim of filtration is to obtain a suspension of solids in a liquid:

    • a clear liquid called filtrate, more or less clarified (for example, no particles larger than 100, 10 or 1 μm);

    • a solid called cake, deposited on the filter or drawn off continuously, more or less dry.

    The filter surface (or filter media) can be made from a wide range of materials, including paper, cloth, glass frit, sand, stainless steel mesh, etc. The solid deposited on the filter (cake) also acts as a filter medium. The solid deposited on the filter (cake) also acts as the filter medium.

    During filtration, there is resistance to the...

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