Solid/Liquid Separation—Equipment Selection and Process Design

Solid/Liquid Separation: Equipment Selection and Process Design

by Steve Tarleton and Richard Wakeman 

2007 (465 pages)

ISBN:9781856174213

Written for the industrial process and chemical engineer, this book provides the detailed information on filtration equipment and media and is designed to be used frequently and referred to regularly in order to achieve better industrial separations.

Solid/Liquid Separation—Equipment Selection and Process Design

Preface

Chapter 1

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Solid/Liquid Separation Equipment

Chapter 2

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Filter Media

Chapter 3

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Pretreatment of Suspensions

Chapter 4

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Data Acquisition, Analysis and Scale-Up

Chapter 5

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Selection, Data Analysis and Simulation by Computer Software

Chapter 6

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Process Design for Batch Separations

Chapter 7

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Process Design for Continuous Separations

Nomenclature

Bibliography

Appendix A

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Variable Ranges for Filter Cycle Calculations

Appendix B

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Correlations for Cake Washing and Gas Deliquoring

Appendix C

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Definitions and Conversions for Concentration

Appendix D

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Troubleshooting Filter Operation

Appendix E

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Comparisons Between Experimental Data and Design Equation Predictions