1 – Determine the nature of the contaminant.<\/p>\n
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First determine exactly what you want the filter to remove and whether the material is hard, fibrous or gelatinous. This is very important because some types of filters work better than others for each contaminant type. For example, you wouldn\u2019t want to use a screen filter to remove a gel because the gel would, under pressure, break apart or pass through the screen<\/p>\n
2 – Degree of filtration required.<\/p>\n
In general, the finer the filter the more it costs. Therefore, the most economical filter selection is accomplished by determining exactly what removal rating is required to do your filtration. In some cases, where the filters are protecting an operation or piece of equipment, this can be easily accomplished, but in most applications where filtration is used to refine a product, testing a variety of media is the best method for this determination. If this is the case, your local Harmsco\u00ae representative can help in the testing process.<\/p>\n
3 – Compatibility of the filter element.<\/p>\n
Be certain to include the operating temperature, pressure and application in this determination.<\/p>\n
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4 – Overall cost of operation.<\/p>\n
Include labor and cost of disposal in this calculation. Sometimes the filter element that may cost a little more to purchase may be easier to dispose of or lasts longer. For example, one HC\/170 Series Hurricane\u00ae cartridge is equal to 43 standard 9-3\/4\u201d pleated cartridges. The Hurricane\u00ae cartridges cost more to buy, but cost less to use, resulting in lower operating cost.<\/p>\n
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Filter Housing Selection<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1 – Filter Housing Materials.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Filter housing materials must be compatible with the process in which it is being used. Be sure to include operating temperature, pressure \u00a0<\/p>\n 2 – Filter Housing Sizing.<\/strong><\/p>\n Flow requirements, solids loading, viscosity of the material being filtered and pressure drop requirements will determine the number (or \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmscoeurope.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmscoeurope.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmscoeurope.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmscoeurope.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmscoeurope.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/harmscoeurope.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":667,"href":"https:\/\/harmscoeurope.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions\/667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmscoeurope.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmscoeurope.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmscoeurope.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmscoeurope.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
and regulatory requirements imposed by local, State and Federal agencies.<\/p>\n
size) of cartridges (surface area) needed and thus the size of the filter housing. Always oversize your filter housing by 25-30% allowing
for future growth and efficiency.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n