The Difference Between Gas and Liquid Filtration
January 1, 2024
It is tempting to think of filtration performance as being totally determined by the media, but in reality filtration performance is also
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Amine Unit Contamination Overview
January 1, 2024
Amine Units play a key role in today’s refinery operations and gas plants in this quest for lower sulphur emissions and improved
Filters and their Efficiency and Life Ratings
January 1, 2024
Filters are commonly rated on their efficiency (their ability to remove particles) so that their users can anticipate how much volume of
Tiller’s Critical Pressure Drop: Filtration of Super-Compactible Material
December 1, 2017
Filter cakes can be categorized as incompactible, moderately compactible or super-compactible. During filtration of incompactible or moderately compactible materials, filtrate flow rate
Quantification of Particulate Contamination by Automated Image Analysis
December 1, 2017
Manufacturers and quality control labs are finding it increasingly essential to guarantee the purity and uncontaminated state of components and fluids. The
Every Filtration Media has a Purpose
December 1, 2017
There are eight major different types of filtration media; ceramics, filter aids, monofilament nonwoven fabrics, membranes, metals, porous plastics and wetlaid. Yet,
Saturation in Coalescing Filtration
November 1, 2017
Filtration is a mechanical separation process in which impurities are removed from a gas or liquid stream. Removal of liquid impurities from
Electrospinning of Polymer Nanofibers
November 1, 2017
Electrospinning is a process in which fibers of nanoscale or submicron scale are generated, as the electrified jet (composed of a highly
Water Contamination in Fuel: Cause and Effect
October 1, 2017
Water exists in three physical states and depending on the surrounding conditions it finds its way to the fuel systems like the
Does Anyone Make Prefilters?
October 1, 2017
One of the best known and perhaps least examined products in the filtration industry is the unheralded “prefilter”. Advertisements in filtration trade
Cycle Rate Analysis for Filter Aid Selection
October 1, 2017
Filter aids are rigid, irregular shaped, non or little compactible particulate materials used as precoat or body feed to assist or enhance
Combination Filters
October 1, 2017
Simply defined, a combination filter is one that does at least one other processing job at the same time as filtering a