 Filter press is a solid-liquid separation equipment, which

are most commonly used filtration equipments.

 It has been used successfully in almost every industrial

filtration application over its 150 years of history.

Filter presses operate at very high pressures (from 5 to 15

bars and sometimes even more).

 A feeding pump is utilized to force the liquid

through the medium leaving the solid trapped
inside.
In filter presses, filter medium is a textile
fabric, such as canvas cloth, woven heavy
cloth, glass cloth, metal cloth and woolen
cloth.
Types of filter press
Plate & frame filter press

Belt filter press

Rotary drum filter press

Centrifuge filter press

PLATE & FRAME FILTER PRESS

Plate & frame filter press contains a set of

plates and frames designed to provide a series
of chambers in which solids may collect.
The plates are covered with a filter medium such
as canvas.
The plates and frame of a filter press may be
square or circular,
which are made
of cast iron, stainless steel,
Aluminum, lead,
wood
& hard rubber.
 Plates and frames set vertically in a metal rack, with
cloth covering the face of each plate, and are squeezed
tightly together by a screw or a hydraulic ram.
Slurry enters at one end of the assembly of plates
and frames.
It passes through a channel running lengthwise
through one corner of the assembly.

The solids are deposited on the cloth-covered faces

of the plates and liquid passes through the cloth.
 slurry is admitted from a pump or pressurized tank
usually at a pressure of 3 to 10 bar.
 Filtration is continued until liquor no longer flows out
the discharge.
Belt filter press

Belt filter press (sometimes called a belt

filter) is an industrial machine, used for solid-
liquid separation process. The process of
filtration is primarily obtained by passing a pair
of filtering cloth and belt through a system of
rollers.
Belt filter press
The feed is introduced from a hopper between two
filter cloths (supported by perforated belts) which pass
through an arrangement of rollers.

feed is sandwiched between two filter cloths (shown

green and purple).

As the belts are fed through the rollers, liquid is

squeezed out .

Fluid is extracted initially by gravity, then by

squeezing the cloth through rollers.
 When the belts pass through the final pair of rollers
in the process, Filtrate exits through a drain, the
filter cloths are separated and the filter cake is
scraped off into a suitable container.

Belt filter press is generally used in

 phosphatic fertilizer plants
 Dewatering of sludge’s in the chemical industry
 Mining of ores and water treatment.
Rotary-drum-filter press
Rotary-drum-filter is used for those slurries that
form a non-pours cake.
 A filter medium, such as canvas, covers the face of the drum,
which is partly submerged in the liquid.
 Under the slotted cylindrical face of the main drum is a
second, smaller drum which is connected by an internal pipes to
pump.
 In this picture, drum face is perforated through which liquid
is transfer to internal drum.
 As drum dips under the surface of the liquid, A layer of
solids builds up on the face of the panel as liquid is drawn
through the cloth into the compartment, through the internal
pipe into collecting tank. A pump is attached to central duct
to extract the filtrate from drum.
The drum rotates normally from 1 to10 RPM.
 Advantages
Little manpower is required
 Constant cake production
 Low overall capital cost
 Small space
 Low overall energy consumption
 Low noise
Applications

 
Centrifuge filter press

Solids that form a porous cake can be separated from

a slurry by centrifuge filter press.
 It operates batchwise or in continuous fashion.
 Slurry is feed to a rotating basket having a perforated
wall covered with a filter medium such as metal
cloth.
 Pressure resulting from the centrifugal action.
 The shaft rotates at speed between 600 to 1800 rpm.
 The liquor passes through the filter medium and the solids are
retained by the medium.
 The cake is discharged by cutting it out with an unloader knife.

Applications of Centrifuge filter press:

To clean all types of lubricating oil, Ship, Vehicle, Generator,
etc.
It is used in sugar refining.