Clogging

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Grates[edit]

Geotextiles/filter fabric[edit]

Laboratory research has demonstrated that the performance and clogging of maturing filter fabric can be predicted mathematically, based upon the media/filter material particle size distribution [1]. Elsewhere teh mechanisms behind the clogging have been studied and characterised using CT-scanning technology [2].

Filter media[edit]

Salty water has been shown to cause degradation of the filter media, and subsequent loss of the initial text and flow conditions [3]


  1. Palmeira, E. M. and Trejos Galvis, H. L. (2016). Opening sizes and filtration behaviour of nonwoven geotextiles under confined and partial clogging conditions. Geosynthetics International. [1]
  2. Miszkowska, A., S. Lenart, and E. Koda. 2017. Changes of Permeability of Nonwoven Geotextiles due to Clogging and Cyclic Water Flow in Laboratory Conditions. Water 9(660). doi:10.3390/w9090660.
  3. Kakuturu, S.P., and S.E. Clark. 2015. Clogging Mechanism of Stormwater Filter Media by NaCl as a Deicing Salt. doi: 10.1089/ees.2014.0337. [2]