Filtration
Abstract
The article contains sections titled:
1. |
Terminology |
2. |
Filtration Models |
2.1. |
Cake Filtration: Calculation of the Pressure Drop |
2.1.1. |
Definition of Filter Resistance and Cake Permeability: The Darcy Equation |
2.1.2. |
The “Cake Filter Equation” |
2.1.3. |
Evaluation of Experiments with Linear Diagrams |
2.1.4. |
Compressible Cake Filtration |
2.2. |
Blocking Filtration and other Modes of Filtration |
2.3. |
Deep Bed Filtration |
2.4. |
Cross-Flow Filtration |
3. |
Washing of Filter Cakes |
3.1. |
Basic Effects, Mass Balances |
3.2. |
Example of Experimental Results |
3.3. |
Test Procedures and Pitfalls |
3.4. |
“Intermediate” Deliquoring before Cake Washing |
4. |
Deliquoring of Filter Cakes |
4.1. |
Deliquoring by Gas Pressure |
4.1.1. |
Equilibrium Saturation of Filter Cakes |
4.1.2. |
Kinetics of Deliquoring by Gas Pressure |
4.1.3. |
Approximate Solution for Coarse, Incompressible Cakes |
4.1.4. |
Practical Scale-Up of Deliquoring by Gas Pressure |
4.1.5. |
Shrinking and Cracks in Filter Cakes |
4.2. |
Deliquoring by Expression |
5. |
Optimal Cycle Time |
6. |
Understanding the Filter Resistance |
6.1. |
The Equation of Carman and Kozeny |
6.2. |
Interparticle Forces, DLVO Theory |
6.3. |
Mathematical Simulation of Cake Formation |
7. |
Solving Filtration Problems in Small-Scale Tests |
7.1. |
Laboratory Tests |
7.2. |
Handling of “Unfilterable” Suspension |
8. |
Filtration Equipment |
8.1. |
Bag Filters |
8.2. |
Belt Filters |
8.3. |
Candle Filters |
8.4. |
Deep-Bed Filters |
8.5. |
Disk Filters |
8.6. |
Drum Filters |
8.7. |
Leaf and Plate Filters |
8.8. |
Nutsche (Pan) Filters |
8.9. |
Pressure Plate Filters |
8.10. |
Tubular Filters |
8.11. |
Special Filter Types |
9. |
Filter Selection |
10. |
Filter Media |
11. |
Filter Aids |