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Evaluation of Filtration Efficiency of Ceramic Foam Filters (CFF) Using a Hydraulic Water System

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The filtration efficiency of Ceramic Foam Filters (CFFs) of grades 50 and 65 has been quantitatively evaluated using a hydraulic water system. Distilled water seeded with Polystyrene Microsphere particles with a distribution of 20 and 50 µm. The polystyrene particles were illuminated during the filtration step by a continuous laser sheet placed before and after the filter. Images of the illuminated particles were acquired, and their number automatically distinguished and counted by the use of the image processing software. The filtration efficiency was further calculated based on the ratio of counted particles before and after the filter. Based on the obtained results the potential of the present method is discussed for evaluating the filtration efficiency of CFFs as the filtration media for molten aluminium.

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  • Ceramic foam filters (CFFs)
  • Filtration efficiency
  • Hydraulic water system

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This publication has been funded by the SFI Metal Production, (Centre for Research-based Innovation, 237738). The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Research Council of Norway and the partners of the SFI Metal Production.

The results of this project LO1201 were obtained through the financial support of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports in the framework of the targeted support of the “National Programme for Sustainability I”.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    Massoud Hassanabadi & Ragnhild E. Aune

  2. Department of Nanotechnology and Informatics, Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 1402/2, 461 17, Liberec, Czech Republic

    Petr Bilek

  3. Hydro Aluminium, Karmøy Primary Production, Havik, Norway

    Shahid Akhtar

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Hassanabadi, M., Bilek, P., Akhtar, S., Aune, R.E. (2019). Evaluation of Filtration Efficiency of Ceramic Foam Filters (CFF) Using a Hydraulic Water System. In: Chesonis, C. (eds) Light Metals 2019. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05864-7_133

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