| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L77614/01 |
| Title: |
INVESTIGATION OF FIBROUS FILTER LOADING TO IMPROVE FILTER LIFE |
| Principal Investigator: |
Ocone, Professor R |
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| Department: |
Mechanical & Chemical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
Heriot-Watt University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 1997 |
Ends: |
31 March 2001 |
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51,743
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Removal of fine particulates from gas streams is important in the cleaning of bulk feed and exhaust gases, and personal and environmental protection. Fibrous filters are often the most cost-effective mathos of acheiving this removal due to their relatively low pressure drops. Particulate collection by these materials causes pressure drop increase, leading to filter replacement once a given pressure drop is reached. This project shall further current understanding of the loading process so that filter materials of similar efficiencies but longer life can be produced. Extending filter life will have a considerable financial benefit to the British industry. Magnox Electric estimate that extension of filter life by 10% would result in savings of significantly more than 10% of their filtration costs.The programme of work proposed will investigate the loading behaviour of conventional and electrically active materials experimentally, and this information, in conjunction with information from earlier studies, will allow design equations to be generated which may be used by filter manufacturers to predict the optimum filter structure for a given duty. It is the intention here to use these equation to design composite filter materials whose performance can then be compared to materials available commercially.
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