PLATE AND FRAME FILTER PRESS

Expt.No:6

Aim:

To determine the specific cake resistance α and filter medium resistance Rm using a plate and frame
filter press.

Theory:

A more satisfactory and more versatile type of filter is the plate and frame filter press. It is made up of
solid plates and hollow frames assembled alternatively and filter cloths are kept on either side of the frame.
During initial filtration slurry at constant pressure introduced to hollow frame. The filtrate passes through
the filter cloth and forms a bed between frames. When filtration is continued further, filtrate passes through
the filter cloth and is collected in the filtrate tank. Plate and frame filter is a batch filter and used when the
cost of labor per unit volume of product is quiet low. Kozney – Carmen equation is used for filtration
equipments.

Formulae:

α = 2A² (1-mw) Δp / ρ µ w c (m²/Kg)

Rm = ρ α w vf / A (1-mw) (m‫־‬¹)

Where

W = weight fraction of solid slurry.

Δp = pressure drop for filtrations. N/m²

Ρ = Density of filtrate. Kg/m³

µ = Viscosity of filtrate. Ns/m²

C = Constant from graph. [Δt/Δv vs. Vavg]

Vf = factious volume of slurry. m³

A = Area of filtration.
Observations:

Weight of the watch glass =

Weight of watch glass + dry cake =

Weight of watch glass + wet cake =

Weight of dry cake =

Diameter of leaf filter =

Cross sectional area of frame, AFR =

Area of the filtrate (2 x AFR) =

Diameter of the collection tank =

Cross sectional area of the collection tank =

Volume of filtrate =

M = wt. of wet cake

wt. of dry cake

w = wt of CaCO3

wt of CaCO3 + wt of H2O

Procedure:

5 lit of CaCO3 have been prepared and it was fed in to a slurry tank to maintain required
pressure of 1 Kgf/cm³ in it. The inlet valve of filter is opened and filtration was started. The
stopwatch was started when first drop of filtrate was collected and tine taken for every 2 cm rise in
level of the filtrate was noted. After filtration was over, a portion of the cake in the tray was taken
and weighed. Then the cake dried and weighed once again α and Rm were calculated and repeated.
 TABULATION 1:

SL.No H θ Δθ Vf ΔV Δθ/ΔV Vavg

m sec sec m³ m³ sec/m³ m³

Result:

Specific cake resistance (α) =

Filter medium resistance (Rm) =