METHODS OF SELECTING PRIMARY AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT FOR INDUSTRIAL VACUUM-FILTRATION PLANTS

摘要

An analysis has been made of the factors affecting filtration and sediment formation processes, the sediment structure, and the resistance of the filtering partition (baffle plate). A method has been developed to find the volume resistance of the sediment based on Kozeny-Karman equation that takes account of the influence of the structural parameters (porosity and mean diameter of sediment particles). This method has been shown to be usable for calculating filtration and dehydration processes and for obtaining data required for selecting auxiliary equipment (vacuum pumps, receivers, traps, etc.) for industrial vacuum-filtration plants.