EFFECT OF SURFACE AREA ON RATE OF FILTRATION

FILTERATION- is the separation of solids from a fluid by passing through a porous medium that retains solid but allows the liquid part to pass through.

SLURRY- A suspension to be filtered is known as slurry .

FILTERATE – The clear fluid passing through the filter is the filterate.

FILTER CAKE -  The accumulated solid on the filter are called filter cake.

If the surface area of the filter medium is increased , the rate of filteration will also increase , hence the rate of filteration can be increased by using layer filter.