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Filtration Example with Calculations

The document presents a solved example on filtration in a chemical engineering context, detailing the filtration of an aqueous suspension containing 7% insoluble solids at a rate of 10 ton/h. It includes calculations for specific resistance of the cake, volume of water filtered, washing time, and filtration capacity, utilizing given properties and constants. Key results include a calculated filtration area of 4.155 m and a porosity of 0.778 for the deposited cake.

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Filtration Example with Calculations

The document presents a solved example on filtration in a chemical engineering context, detailing the filtration of an aqueous suspension containing 7% insoluble solids at a rate of 10 ton/h. It includes calculations for specific resistance of the cake, volume of water filtered, washing time, and filtration capacity, utilizing given properties and constants. Key results include a calculated filtration area of 4.155 m and a porosity of 0.778 for the deposited cake.

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College of Biological & Chemical Engineering

Department of Chemical Engineering

Mechanical unit operations

Solved example on Filtration


1. An aqueous suspension that contains 7% of insoluble solids is filtered at a rate of 10 ton/h, using
a plate-and-frame press filter that works under constant pressure of 3 atm. It was found,
experimentally, that the deposited cake contains 50% moisture, the density of the dry solids is 3.5
g/cm3, and the equivalent diameter of the deposited particles is 0.002 mm. The washing of the
cake begins after 10,000 kg/h of feeding have been filtered using 150L of water, while 30 min are
used for the discharge, cleaning, and assembly operations. If the resistance of the filtering
medium to filtration is considered negligible, calculate: (a) the specific resistance of the cake; (b)
volume of water filtered after one hour; (c) time needed to carry out washing; and (d) filtration
capacity.
Data: K = 5 can be taken for Kozeny’s constant.
Properties of water: Density = 1000 kg/m; Viscosity = 1 mPa· s
10,000 kg of the suspension are filtered in 1 h.
Dry solids deposited: W = (10,000) (0.07) = 700 kg

If VT = volume of deposited cake


Substituting the variables with their values obtains that porosity is ϵ = 0.778.

Particle’s specific surface(Sp):

The cake-specific resistance is obtained from

For a filtration under constant pressure drop, the volume of filtrate is given by Equation 9.28. Since the resistance of
the medium is negligible, R = 0, the equation can be rearranged as:

Also, from the definition of the constant C

Volume of filtrate collected in 1 h:


College of Biological & Chemical Engineering

Department of Chemical Engineering

Mechanical unit operations

Thus, the filtration area is obtained from Equation 9.28, with Rf = 0

Hence, one filtration area: A = 4.155 m


The washing flow coincides with that of the final filtrate, and since Rf = 0, Equation 9.39 becomes simpler:

The washing time will be:

Calculation of the filtration capacity:

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