Three-Dimensional CFD study of a Candle Ceramic Filter

Jolius, Gimbun and Ili Izyan Safuraa, Abdul Karim and Luqman Chuah, Abdullah (2009) Three-Dimensional CFD study of a Candle Ceramic Filter. Jurnal UMP - Kejuruteraan & Sains Komputer, 2. pp. 39-46. ISSN 1985-5176. (Published)

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Abstract

Tightened environmental legislation enacted as a consequence of government policy has compelled industry to pay serious attention to air pollution issues. Gas cleaning with ceramic filters has proven to be the most important technology for removal of particulate emissions at high temperatures. This paper presents a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) investigation of a rigid candle ceramic filter. The aim is to examine numerically the pressure drop and velocity profile along the candle filter under a filtration mode. The filter element was modeled as a porous medium and the media resistance at x, y and z direction is assumed to be isotropic. The gas flow within the porous media (filter element) is also assumed to be a laminar flow. The CFD calculations show a good agreement with the experimental data, with an average discrepancy around 5%, which probably in the same magnitude of the experimental error. The modeling exercise presented in this study offers an alternative solution for examining a pressure drop in ceramic filter via computational method and may be useful in design of a ceramic filter.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Ceramic filter, candle filter, CFD, pressure drop, velocity profile
Subjects: T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Faculty/Division: Centre of Excellence: Centre of Excellence for Advanced Research in Fluid Flow
Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering
Depositing User: Prof. Dr. Jolius Gimbun
Date Deposited: 31 Oct 2017 07:57
Last Modified: 31 Oct 2017 07:57
URI: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/18445
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