Performance Assessment of Sintered Metal Fiber Filters in Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit

Table 4

Dust cake thicknesses estimated and pressure drop across the cake.

Maximum pressure drop/kPa	Face velocity/m/min	Pressure drop across cake/kPa	Estimated cake thickness/mm	Estimated cake mass/g	Dust attached to filters/%
3.5	1.15	2.06	1.75	68.74	65
	1.5	1.56	1.32	54.23	72
	2.2	0.37	0.43	28.69	78
4.2	1.15	2.79	3.04	97.65	68
	1.5	2.28	2.37	85.22	78
	2.2	1.12	1.21	60.37	81
5.0	1.15	3.52	4.15	129.05	71
	1.5	3.04	3.32	110.24	82
	2.2	1.83	1.43	78.56	86