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Rotary Vacuum Drum Filter
Rotary Vacuum Drum Filter
Theory of Separation
Rotary vacuum drum filter (RVDF) is one of the oldest filters used
in the industrial liquid-solids separation .A rotary vacuum filter
Application
consists of a large rotating drum covered by a cloth. The drum is
partially immersed in liquid/solids slurry with approximately up
to (25-75) % of the screen area.
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As the drum rotates into and out of the trough, the slurry is
sucked on the surface of the cloth and rotated out of the
liquid/solids suspension as a cake. When the cake is rotating out,
it is dewatered in the drying zone. The cake is dry because the
vacuum drum is continuously sucking the cake and taking the
water out of it. At the final step of the separation, the cake is
discharged as solids products and the drum rotates continuously
to another separation cycle.
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During the washing stage, the wash liquid can either be
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poured onto the drum or sprayed on the cake. Cake pressing
is optional but its advantages are preventing cake cracking
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 Advantages
2- Pulp
3- Pharmaceutical and chemical,
4- Applications of metallurgical
5- The treatment of waste water.
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process).
4- Can produce relatively clean product by adding a
showering device.
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Disadvantages
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1- Due to the structure, the pressure difference is limited up to
1 bar.
2- Besides the drum, other accessories, for example, agitators
and vacuum pump, are required.
3- The discharge cake contains residual moisture.
4- High energy consumption by vacuum pump.
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0.15/0.73 = 0.21
offers No problems.
3. Check the drying time and determine the cycle time.
the maximum arc for initial drying ,washing and final drying is
given by 75 − (cake-formation arc)
= 75 − 30 = 45 %
Using the originally calculated washing plus drying times of
then
Then WcVw = 1.8(0.12) = 0.22, and from (Fig. 4), the wash
a value of 0.2.
84.7 = (2.5) D2
D= 1 m
D = 3.28 ft = 1m
L = 8.2 ft = 2.5 m
8. Calculate the air rate.
The air rate can be calculated based on the data previously presented
and shown in (Fig. 5). During the 0.14 min of initial drying, the average rate is
found to be 4.9 (ft3/min)/(ft2)(r).
The average rate during the final 0.54 min of drying is 8(ft3/min)/(ft2)(r).
Since the required surface are for 5000 Ibm/h is 84.7 ft2