FILTRATION PERFORMANCE TEST - EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND CASE STUDIES

摘要

This paper describes some of the features of new equipment for laboratory scale filtration testing. Descriptions are provided for the Filtration Performance Test, which facilitates the automated acquisition of constant pressure filtration data, and Filtration Performance Software which facilitates data analysis, including the automated calculation of characterising parameters such as specific cake resistance and filter cake compressibility. Exemplar experimental data are presented to show equipment and analysis performance in relation to repeatability measurements, filtration cell diameter, particle diameter and particle shape. The use of the approach to aid process scale equipment specification is also considered and some examples are provided.