Kyung Jin Ryu, Dong Joo Song* and Dong Jin Kang
The Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, vol. 26, no. 9, pp.2759-2764, 2012

Abstract : A high pressure oil/polymer filtering system was designed and tested to find its optimum design criteria. Various shapes and different mesh sizes of candle-type metal-fiber filter elements were used to determine the effects of the shapes, mesh sizes, and positions of the filter elements on the pressure drop across the filter elements. A pressure vessel was designed to fit the candle-type metal-fiber filtering media elements using a stainless steel division plate. The pressure drop across the division plate of the pressure vessel, i.e., across the filter, was measured and plotted against the dimensional parameter μQ/Aw. The pressure drop was directly proportional to μQ/Aw. The effects of various shaped (different length) filter elements, mesh size and filter layout on the pressure drop were studied.

Keyword : Candle-filter; Metal-fiber; Polymer; Pressure vessel