Modeling of Flow Through a Sandwiched Monolith Filter

Abstract

The flow field and filtration efficiency was modeled and analyzed for a novel monolith filter, comprised of a series of layers of microchannels. In our simulations, we considered two scenarios: the fluid flowing tangentially across the filter face (cross flow) and fluid flowing normal to the filter face (normal flow). The aim of this article is to study the effect of having two or more layers of filters in series on particle capture efficiency. This will help in understanding the mechanisms of particle capture and provide inputs for studying particle segregation or selective filtration using monolith filters. The influences of particle size, number of filter layers and pressure drop on particle capture efficiency were also investigated.

Keywords:

• Multi-stage filtration
• numerical modeling
• particle size segregation

Acknowledgments

This research was funded by DTRA, project number CBDIF-07-PRO13-2-0020.