Mass transfer operations

SOLID-LIQUID
EXTRACTION
EQUIPMENTS
GROUP MEMBERS
■ V.SUMANTH
■ D.S.S. PRAKASH
■ KEVINSON
■ DHEER SINGH MEENA
■ SONALI SINHA
■ JOYPAL SAHA
■ SHUBHAM KUMAR
■ SHAIK DANKSHAVALI
CONTINUOUS BELT EXTRACTOR
• It is used for extraction of sugar from sugarcane or beet
• Sugar beets are cut into small pieces called cossettes
• Warm water(70-75°C) is used as solvent
• The rate and time of the extraction depends mainly upon the the
thickness of the pieces
• The solid is fed at one end of a perforated endless moving belt
• Fresh solvent is fed at the solid discharge end
• The liquid drains into a catch basin and is pumped to the top of
the adjacent section of the bed
 ROTOCEL EXTRACTOR
• A rotocel extractor has a rotating basket construction
• It consists of a no. of cells (usually 15 to 18) fixed to a central rotor
• Each cell or basket is fitted with a hinged perforated or screen
bottom so that the solvent can percolate through the flakes of
seeds
• The extracting liquid is sprayed on the top of a cell
• The fresh solid enters the device at one end and the spent solid
enters at the other cell
 ROTOCEL EXTRACTOR
• Below the rotating cells is a circular tank divided into a no. of
compartments , each of which receives the extract from one or
more cells
• The liquid/miscella from a compartment is pumped and sprayed on
the next basket in the countercurrent direction
• The exhausted solid containing some entrained solvent is removed
by opening the hinged bottom
• This emptied compartment continues to rotate and then receives
an amount of fresh feed , thus completing a cycle