Front Cover; Granular Filtration of Aerosols and Hydrosols; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Granular Filtration as a Fluid-Particle Separation Technology; 1.2 Granular Filtration Versus Fibrous Filtration; 1.3 Granular Filtration Versus Fixed-Bed Adsorption; 1.4 Granular Filtration and Other Clarification Processes; 1.5 Granular Filtration for Water Treatment; 1.6 Granular Filtration for Gas Cleaning; References; Chapter 2. Macroscopic Description of Fixed-Bed Granular Filtration; 2.1 Formulation of the Macroscopic Equations.

3.5 Representation of an Entire Filter3.6 Model Representation of Clogged Filter Media; References; Chapter 4. Mechanisms of Particle Deposition; 4.1 Particle Deposition by Inertial Impaction; 4.2 Particle Deposition by Interception; 4.3 Particle Deposition by Sedimentation; 4.4 Particle Deposition by Electrostatic Forces; 4.5 Particle Deposition by Brownian Diffusion; 4.6 Straining; References; Chapter 5. Trajectory Analysis of Particle Deposition; 5.1 General Discussion; 5.2 Drag Force Expressions FD; 5.3 Expressions of Drag Force and Torque with the Hydrodynamic Retardation Effect.