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Ambient‐temperature fusible filter: a preliminary experiment and a proposal for a filtration process
Author(s) -
Teduka Masahiro,
Nishioka Takeshi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.14301
Subject(s) - fusible alloy , filtration (mathematics) , filter (signal processing) , vaporization , materials science , process engineering , chemistry , thermodynamics , composite material , engineering , mathematics , physics , electrical engineering , statistics
Significance A new filtration apparatus is proposed using a fusible filter medium (FF). The advantages of FF are (1) materials captured by the filter can be recovered by melting the filter and subsequent gravity separation, (2) the filter medium can be recycled, and (3) the latent heat of solidification removed to produce FF is significantly lower than that of vaporization. The filtration can be further simplified and made more cost‐efficient using an “ambient‐temperature” fusible filter (ATFF). © 2013 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J , 60: 22–26, 2014