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Scale‐up and Operation of a Steam Pressure Filter in Pilot Scale
Author(s) -
Peuker U.,
Stahl W.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/1521-4125(200106)24:6<612::aid-ceat612>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - dewatering , superheated steam , filtration (mathematics) , steam drum , drum , differential pressure , filter (signal processing) , moisture , waste management , process engineering , materials science , environmental science , petroleum engineering , nuclear engineering , engineering , mechanics , boiler (water heating) , mechanical engineering , composite material , geotechnical engineering , mathematics , physics , electrical engineering , statistics
Steam pressure filtration is a process in which thermal and mechanical effects work simultaneously to achieve an improved dewatering effect. It can be applied to continuous drum and disk filters. Furthermore with some restrictions it is also possible to employ steam filtration on vacuum filters. Instead of pressurised air saturated or superheated steam is used for the dewatering process. Using steam pressure filtration the bulk moisture can be reduced noticeably compared to differential pressure dewatering, resulting in lower drying costs.