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PDF-Based Heterogeneous Multiscale Filtration Model

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 49, Issue 8, Pages 4963-4970

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00329

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  1. General Motors Research and Development through the GM-UW collaborative research laboratory (CRL) program

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Motivated by modeling of gasoline particulate filters (GPFs), a probability density function (PDF), based heterogeneous multiscale filtration (HMF) model is developed to calculate filtration efficiency of dean particulate filters. A new methodology based on statistical theory and classic filtration theory is developed in the HMF model. Based on the analysis of experimental porosimetry data, a pore size probability density function is introduced to represent heterogeneity arid multiscale characteristics of the porous wall. The filtration efficiency of a filter can be calculated as :the sum of the contributions Of individual collectors. The resulting HMF model overcomes the limitations of classic mean filtration models which rely on tuning of the mean collector size. Sensitivity analysis shows that the HMF model recovers the classical mean model when the pore size variance is very small. The HMF model is validated by fundamental filtration experimental data from different scales of filter samples. The model shows a good agreement with experimental data at various operating conditions. The effects of the microstructure of filters on filtration efficiency as well as the most penetrating particle size are correctly predicted by the model.

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