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General Probabilistic Approach to the Filtration Process

N. Roussel, Thi Lien Huong Nguyen, and P. Coussot
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 114502 – Published 15 March 2007
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Abstract

We show experimentally that clogging is basically a matter of the probability of the presence of particles. We describe this process as a function of the main variables of the process, namely, the ratio of particle to mesh hole size, the solid fraction, and the number of grains arriving at each mesh hole during one test, with the help of a simple model, the predictions of which are in very good agreement with our experimental data.

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  • Received 25 October 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.114502

©2007 American Physical Society

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N. Roussel1, Thi Lien Huong Nguyen1, and P. Coussot2

  • 1LCPC, Paris, France
  • 2Institut Navier, Paris, France

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Vol. 98, Iss. 11 — 16 March 2007

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