Experimental investigation of decreasing porosity and permeability of bead packing at suspension flow

摘要

This study presents the experimental results of decreasing bead packing porosity and permeability during the flow of a suspension through the bead packing. The retention of solid particles was investigated as a function of the ratio of the particle diameter d to the diameter of the balls of packing D. The experiments were carried out for various ratios d/D, which varied from 0.046 to 0.109. The solids content of the inlet suspension varied from 0.001 to 0.02.