FF 05 12 07 “Advances in Filtration Technology Using Sintered Metal Filters” by Kenneth L. Rubow, Louise Stange and Billy Huang, Mott Corporation. 20 p.
Filtration technology utilizing sintered metal media provides excellent performance for separation of particulate matter from either liquid or gas process streams (i.e., liquid/solids and gas/solid separation) in numerous industrial liquid and gas filtration applications. Sintered metal filter media, fabricated from either metal fibers or metal powders into filtration elements, are widely used in the chemical process, petrochemical and power generation industries. Applications require particulate removal to protect downstream equipment, for product separation, or to meet environmental regulations. In addition to providing superior filtration in a single pass, clean-in-place backwashable media reduces operator exposure to process materials and volatile emissions. While applications include high temperature and corrosive environments, any pressure driven filtration process with high operating costs has the potential for improvement using sintered metal filtration technology. This paper discusses filter-operating parameters of sintered porous metal media and filtration system design criteria for optimizing performance in a number of chemical process streams.
IF 313 SINTERED, IF 318 FIBERS, METALLIC,
S 2800/00 CHEMICAL & ALLIED PRODUCTS