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    1) Liquid filter selection is based on micron rating, materials, construction, and beta ratio, which is a filter's particulate removal efficiency factor. 2) A filter's efficiency percentage (e.g. 99%, 99.9%) can be misleading, as a 99.98% efficient filter with a beta ratio of 5,000 will pass only 1 particle per 5,000, whereas a 99% filter with a beta ratio of 100 will pass 1 particle per 100. 3) Filter manufacturers test filters made of various materials at different micron ratings and beta ratios to develop beta curves showing each filter's effluent quality based on its efficiency percentage.

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    1) Liquid filter selection is based on micron rating, materials, construction, and beta ratio, which is a filter's particulate removal efficiency factor. 2) A filter's efficiency percentage (e.g. 99%, 99.9%) can be misleading, as a 99.98% efficient filter with a beta ratio of 5,000 will pass only 1 particle per 5,000, whereas a 99% filter with a beta ratio of 100 will pass 1 particle per 100. 3) Filter manufacturers test filters made of various materials at different micron ratings and beta ratios to develop beta curves showing each filter's effluent quality based on its efficiency percentage.

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    1) Liquid filter selection is based on micron rating, materials, construction, and beta ratio, which is a filter's particulate removal efficiency factor. 2) A filter's efficiency percentage (e.g. 99%, 99.9%) can be misleading, as a 99.98% efficient filter with a beta ratio of 5,000 will pass only 1 particle per 5,000, whereas a 99% filter with a beta ratio of 100 will pass 1 particle per 100. 3) Filter manufacturers test filters made of various materials at different micron ratings and beta ratios to develop beta curves showing each filter's effluent quality based on its efficiency percentage.

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    Beta Ratios Explained and Applied To Liquid Filter Selection

    From American Filtration Society, Minute Article, November 2010, Frank Buehner

    Liquid Filter Beta Ratios:

    Absolute rated liquid filter selection is tied to the media micron rating, materials of construction,
    construction design, and particulate removal efficiency filter factor known as its Beta Ratio
    (Figures 1, and 2). Consider that Engineering and Purchasing usually see absolute rated liquid
    filter efficiencies from vendor data sheets and quotes listed at 99%, 99.9% or 99.98%. The
    micron ratings usually range from 0.1 microns to 100 microns for absolute rated filters.

    The use of efficiency as a % is difficult to understand and explain. Why may a filter at 99.98%
    efficiency be significantly higher in price than a 99% filter? The Process Engineer making
    decisions for uptime, critical process efficiency, product quality, heat exchanger efficiency, and
    instrument accuracy, must understand the difference. The Purchasing Agent should understand
    this as well.

    For example, what is the difference when the filter efficiency is 99% or 99.98% at 2 microns?
    We perform the calculation (Figures 1); we see that 99.98% efficiency equates to a Beta ratio of
    5,000. A 99% efficiency filter has a Beta ratio of 100. The result: a Beta 5,000 filter will pass
    only 1 particle in 5,000 from the incoming stream greater than or equal to 2 microns. A Beta 100
    filter will pass only 1 in 100 particles greater than or equal to 2 microns; a significant difference.
    Figure 1 describes a filter’s effluent based upon three filter efficiencies.

    Figure 1

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    The filter manufacturer has tested their filters, built from media of different micron and beta
    ratios such as polypropylene, polyester, fiberglass, and cellulose in a single-pass flow system to
    develop the diagram in Figure 2. A single pass ensures a constant challenge of solids to the filter
    until it meets its fouled differential pressure, usually 25 psi for bag filters and 35 psi for
    cartridges.

    Figure 2

    How are the Beta Curves employed to select a filter for a particular application?

    A portion of the fluid sample supplied to the filter manufacturer’s test lab is first used to obtain
    the fluid’s Total Suspended Solids (TSS) and Particle Size Distribution (PSD). A portion of the
    test sample is then employed, along with data from the MSDS to select media options most
    effective and least expensive for the fluid being filtered. The lab combines experience, TSS,
    PSD, temperature, solvent content, oil content, pH, and any other factors important for this
    application.

    The test sample is filtered by peristaltic pump through selected media discs to optimize media,
    micron rating, beta ratio, and examine pressure drop at several flow rates. The selected media
    disc surface area is then scaled up to known filter surface areas for a bag or cartridge filter, either
    one already designed, or customized for the application.

    For the owner, operator, specifying engineer, purchasing agent, maintenance manager, or filter
    distributor, a filter’s efficiency is equally important as selecting the filter’s micron rating when
    your process uptime is critical.

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