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Sizing of Filter Press

The document provides information for sizing a filter press, including assumed values like filtration area and time from a test unit, slurry volume per hour, operating hours, and specific gravities. It then describes the calculations to determine the required filtration area, number of chambers, total press volume, number of plates, slurry and dry solid mass per hour, cake volume and mass per cycle, dry solid mass per cycle, and cycle time.

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Sizing of Filter Press

The document provides information for sizing a filter press, including assumed values like filtration area and time from a test unit, slurry volume per hour, operating hours, and specific gravities. It then describes the calculations to determine the required filtration area, number of chambers, total press volume, number of plates, slurry and dry solid mass per hour, cake volume and mass per cycle, dry solid mass per cycle, and cycle time.

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Sizing of Filter Press:

Assumed/ Given values:


2

Filtration Area for Test Unit,

A F (test ) (m )

Filtration Time for Test Unit,

t F (test) (min)

Filtration Volume Collected from Test Unit,

V F (test )(L)

Slurry Volume per Hour,

slurry (Lslurry /hr )


Q

Operating Hour per Day,

f 1(

hr
)
day

Operating Day per Week,

f 2(

hr
)
day

Operating Cycle per Day,

f 3(

cycle
)
day
cake (

Cake Specific Gravity,

Number of Filter Press,

kg
)
L

N filter

Plate Size,

x y (mm 2 )

Chamber Depth,

d ( mm )
2

Filtration Area per Chamber,

A c h amber (m /c h amber )

Volume per Chamber,

V c h amber (L/c h amber)

Slurry Dry Solid Concentration,

C Slurry Dry Solid (w /w)

kg
)
L

Slurry Specific Gravity,

slurry (

Cake Dry Solid Concentration,

CCake Dry Solid (w /w)

Filling Degree,

F( )

Calculated Values:

FiltrationThroughput ,

Fthroughput =

V F ( test )
A FtF

(L m2 h1)

Filtration Area Calculated,

A filtration =

slurry
Q
(m 2)
F throughput

Filtration Area per Filter,

A filtration =
filter

A filtration 2
(m /filter )
N filter

Filtration Area per Cycle per Filter,

A filtration
A

filtration
fil ter ,cycle

filter

f3

m2
)
cycle filter

Number of Chamber,

A
N chamber=

filtration
filter ,cycle

Ac h amber

( dimensionless )

Total Press Volume,

V Total Press=V ch amber N ch amber (L)

Total Filtration Area,

A Total Filtration =A chamber N chamber (m 2)

Total Number of Plates,

N plate =N chamber +1
Number of Head Plate/ End Plate,

N Head /N End =1/1

Number of Chamber Plates and Membrane Plates,

N chamber plates=ROUNDDOWN

N membrane plates=ROUNDUP

{ 12 ( N

{12 ( N

plate

plate

2 )

2 )

Slurry Mass per Hour,

slurry =Q
slurry slurry ( k g slurry )
M
hr

Dry Solid Mass per Hour,

dry solid = M
slurry C Slurry Dry Solid ( k gdry solid )
M
hr

Cake Volume per Cycle,

V cake =V Total Press F L cake

cycle

cycle

Cake Mass per Cycle,

M cake =V cake cake kg cake


cycle

cycle

cycle

Dry Solid Mass per Cycle,

M Dry Solid =M cake C Cake Dry Solid kg Dry solid


cycle

cycle

Cycle time,

M Dry Solid
T=

cycle

dry solid
M

(hr )

cycle

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