A Technological Method to Improve the Filtration Efficiency of Fiber Materials

Abstract

Fiber is a new and efficient water treatment and environmental protection material. The key to improve the filtration efficiency of fiber materials is that water pass through the fiber bed, the porous structures of fiber in-depth bed is controlled by the internal construction, fiber arrangement, and fiber zigzag degree. This study presented a method to improve the removal capacity of fiber filtration materials. There are three kinds of porous structures discovered here: Tubular water passage hole (T-pass), Curvilinear water passage hole (C-pass), Labyrinth water passage hole (L-pass). The T-pass let water more easily go through but less sediment and rush strongly off suspensions deposit on the surface of filter materials. The L-pass has resistance to flow and suspension intend to deposit at backside area of filter materials, where not advantage to rush but sediment easily. The function of C-pass is between that of T-pass and L-pass. The experiment shows that C-pass filter bed is the idea structure which can be increased the efficiency of 5-10 times than others.