Use of filterability index in granular filtration: effect of filter medium type, size and shape | Zendy

Selda Yiğit Hunce | Zendy; Elif Soyer | Zendy; Ömer Akgiray | Zendy

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Use of filterability index in granular filtration: effect of filter medium type, size and shape

Author(s) -

Selda Yiğit Hunce,

Elif Soyer,

Ömer Akgiray

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

water science and technology water supply

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.318

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 1607-0798

pISSN - 1606-9749

DOI - 10.2166/ws.2018.083

Subject(s) - filtration (mathematics) , filter (signal processing) , materials science , index (typography) , composite material , mathematics , computer science , statistics , computer vision , world wide web

Ives9 Filterability Index (FI) is employed to evaluate silica sand versus crushed recycled glass as rapid filter media. The presence of past studies comparing these two media allows an evaluation of the applicability and utility of the FI concept as a simple and quick preliminary test for the assessment of different media to be used in water filtration. The present tests also allow an evaluation of the effect of shape on filter performance.

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