Head Loss Characteristics in a Burnt Oil Palm Shell Granules Filter Compared to a Sand Filter and its Application in Rapid Filtration

• Main Authors: Jusoh, Ahmad, Ghazali, Abdul Halim, Megat Mohd Noor, Megat Johari
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 1998
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3423/1/Head_Loss_Characteristics_in_a_Burnt_Oil_Palm_Shell.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3423/

Studies were carried out on the initial head loss and the operational head loss occurring in single medium filters of sand and burnt oil palm shell (BOPS) as well as in a dual-media filter consisting of these two materials. The experimental initial head loss values in filters were shown to agree wit...