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TYPES OF FILTER
ON THE BASIS OF FLOW ON THE BASIS OF FILTER MEDIA
PRESURE FILTER GRAVITY FILTER
Single-media Filter
Dual-media Filter
Multi-media Filter
Slow sand filter
Rapid sand filter
Single-media Filter
These have one type of media, usually sand or crushed anthracite coal.
Dual-media filter
These have two types of media, usually crushed anthracite coal and
sand.
Mixed-media filter
These have three or more than three types of media, usually crushed
anthracite coal, sand, and garnet
SLOW SAND FILTER
RAPID SAND FILTER
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FRICTION LOSS ACROSS A BED OF UNIFORM SIZED PARTICLES
The shape factor φ ranges from 0.75 to 0.85 for most of the filter
materials.
Friction loss through bed of non-uniform, stratified particles
Fluidized bed depth
Brain eating organism
Naegleria fowleri

Filter 2 environmental microbiology.pptx