Abstract
Lateral migration of spherical, neutrally buoyant particles moving in Poiseuille flow was measured in a slit with a porous membrane at one wall. Neutrally buoyant particles with diameters of 226 μm were injected into 22% glycerol-water solution flowing vertically in a slit channel (1.6 × 50 × 152 mm). The particles were illuminated with a strobe at 25 flashes/sec and photographed with a 4 × 5 camera under dark field conditions. Measured particle trajectories are compared with theoretically predicted trajectories based on Altena and Belfort's (1984) model. The theoretical trajectories are within the limits of error in the measured trajectories. By confirming the Altena and Belfort (1984) model within the range of experimental conditions tested here, inertial interactions should be included when modeling membrane fouling of dilute suspensions (Belfort et al. 1982).
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