Gradient and Percolative Clogging in Depth Filtration

Somalee Datta and Sidney Redner ()
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Somalee Datta: Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
Sidney Redner: Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 1998, vol. 09, issue 08, 1535-1543

Abstract: The phenomenon of clogging in depth filtration is investigated, in which a dirty fluid is "cleaned" by the trapping of dirt particles within the pore space during flow through a porous medium. This gives rise to a self-generated gradient percolation process which exhibits a power law distribution for the density of trapped particles at downstream distancexfrom the input, both in idealized and lattice networks. Implications for efficient filter design are also mentioned.

Keywords: Filtration; Gradient Percolation; Clogging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1142/S0129183198001382

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