Determining the ideal fibrous filter geometry
Our client asked:
The project proposal requested that Sagentia Innovation delivers an approximate method to determine the expected dominant capture mechanism at work for a given fibrous filter operating in a certain liquid medium (most likely water) when this filter is used to capture a certain type and size of particle.
The project story:
- Sagentia Innovation conducted a literature review for theoretical and experimental methods to determine dominant capture mechanisms in fibrous filter media
- Upon review, the client’s PM expressed that they wanted additional constraints, which we knew were not addressed by the methods currently found in the literature
- Upon discussions with the client, we learned that the company has Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) equipment that is currently underutilised
- Sagentia Innovation delivered the computational tool that addressed all of the client requirements as well as the guidance on experimental methods
- The client agreed to a second list of tasks, which included using compiled code. The remaining budget was used to address this list of tasks, resulting in a more refined and significantly faster tool
Client benefit:
- A report detailing a mix of established and novel theoretical methods that can be used to estimate the likelihood of the different capture mechanisms for a range of particle sizes in a given fibrous filter medium used in a fluid
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