Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 114502 (2007) [4 pages]General Probabilistic Approach to the Filtration Process
See accompanying Physics Focus 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. © 2007 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.114502
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.114502
PACS:
47.55.Kf, 45.70.Mg, 83.80.Hj
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