Solid/Liquid Separation: Equipment Selection and Process Design

In this volume, the third in a set specifically written for the industrial process and chemical engineer, the authors provide the detailed information on filtration equipment and media which allows the reader to then consider the pre-treatment of suspensions, selection of the most appropriate equipment for the task, data analysis and the subsequent design of the processes involved for particular separations.

The result is a comprehensive book which is designed to be used frequently and referred to regularly in order to achieve better industrial separations.

Successful industrial-scale separation of solids from liquids requires not only a thorough understanding of the principles involved, but also an appreciation of which equipment to use for best effect, and a start-to-finish plan for the various processes involved in the operation. If these factors are all correct, then successful separations should result.

• Part of 3-volume set
• Unique approach to industrial separations
• Internationally-known authors

Project, design and equipment engineers: plant, production and process engineers; contractors; consultants; operations managers; chemical engineers and academics in chemical engineering

• Preface
• Chapter 1: Solid/liquid separation equipment
  • Publisher Summary
  • 1.1 Gravity thickeners and clarifiers
  • 1.2 Hydrocyclones
  • 1.3 Centrifuges
  • 1.4 Filters
  • 1.5 Classifiers
  • 1.6 Membrane filters
  • 1.7 Other equipment
  • 1.8 Force field assisted separations
  • 1.9 Conclusions
• Chapter 2: Filter media
  • Publisher Summary
  • 2.1 Properties of filter media
  • 2.2 Textile media
  • 2.3 Filter papers and sheets
  • 2.4 Membranes
  • 2.5 Screens and meshes
  • 2.6 Porous sheets and tubes
  • 2.7 Cartridges
  • 2.8 Precoats and body aids (filter aids)
  • 2.9 Conclusions
• Chapter 3: Pretreatment of suspensions
  • Publisher Summary
  • 3.1 Basic concepts
  • 3.2 Coagulation principles and mechanisms
  • 3.3 Flocculation principles and mechanisms
  • 3.4 Types of pretreatment chemicals
  • 3.5 Effectiveness and selection of chemical pretreatments
  • 3.6 Other methods of pretreatment
  • 3.7 Conclusions
• Chapter 4: Data acquisition, analysis and scale-up
  • Publisher Summary
  • 4.1 Filtration (cake formation)
  • 4.2 Gas deliquoring
  • 4.3 Cake washing
  • 4.4 Jar sedimentation
  • 4.5 Expression (cake formation/consolidation)
  • 4.6 State-of-the-art apparatus
  • 4.7 Evaluation of scale-up coefficients
  • 4.8 Conclusions
• Chapter 5: Selection, data analysis and simulation by computer software
  • Publisher Summary
  • 5.1 Equipment selection
  • 5.2 Implementation of computer software
  • 5.3 Descriptions of FDS
  • 5.4 Examples of FDS use
  • 5.5 Shortlisting equipment for pilot scale testing and/or simulation
  • 5.6 Conclusions
• Chapter 6: Process design for batch separations
  • Publisher Summary
  • 6.1 Batch filter cycle configurations
  • 6.2 Design equations for batch filter cycles
  • 6.3 Design equations for centrifugal filter cycles
  • 6.4 Examples of batch filter cycle calculations
  • 6.5 Example of computer simulation – diaphragm filter press
  • 6.6 Conclusions
• Chapter 7: Process design for continuous separations
  • Publisher Summary
  • 7.1 Continuous filter cycle configurations
  • 7.2 Design equations for continuous filter cycles
  • 7.3 Examples of continuous filter cycle calculations
  • 7.4 Example of computer simulation – belt filter
  • 7.5 Conclusions
• Nomenclature
• Bibliography
• Appendix A: Variable ranges for filter cycle calculations
• Appendix B: Correlations for cake washing and gas deliquoring
• Appendix C: Definitions and conversions for concentration
• Appendix D: Troubleshooting filter operation
• Appendix E: Comparisons between experimental data and design equation predictions
• Index