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Process filtration is sized against the dirty condition, not the clean one. A vessel selected so the pressure drop is comfortable with new elements will be at its changeout limit almost immediately if the dirt loading is high, and the plant then runs on a filter that is either restricting flow or being changed far too often — so the numbers that matter are the allowable pressure drop at the end of the element's life and how much dirt the element must hold between changes. State the flow, the fluid, the contaminant and how often you are willing to change elements, and the vessel size follows. Then the separation duty: a particle filter removes solids, a coalescer removes dispersed liquid from a gas or from another liquid, and a separator removes bulk liquid before either — and putting a fine filter where a separator belongs simply floods the element. Say what is actually in the stream.
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| Duty | Solids removal, liquid coalescing, or bulk separation |
|---|---|
| Fluid | Gas, hydrocarbon liquid, water or chemical, with temperature |
| Contaminant | What is being removed, and its concentration |
| Flow rate | Normal and maximum through the vessel |
| Micron rating | Absolute or nominal — state which the specification means |
| Dirt holding requirement | How long between element changes |
| Allowable pressure drop | At the changeout condition, not with clean elements |
| Operating pressure | Design pressure and any upset the vessel must contain |
| Vessel code | The pressure vessel code the housing must be built to |
| Materials | Housing and element materials suited to the fluid |
| Changeout arrangement | Single vessel, duplex for online change, or automatic backwash |
| Element supply | Replacement elements and the annual consumption |
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