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Analysis of a continuous rotary‐drum filtration system
Author(s) -
Davis H. Ted,
Caretta Raul A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.12098
Subject(s) - drum , filtration (mathematics) , filter (signal processing) , control theory (sociology) , engineering , mechanics , mechanical engineering , mathematics , physics , computer science , electrical engineering , statistics , control (management) , artificial intelligence
The equation traditionally used to analyze a rotary‐drum vacuum filtration system is strictly valid only for flat filters immersed during the filtration cycle. In this article we derive the equation appropriate for a rotary‐drum filter and find that the results of calculated areas differ by a factor 5 from the fully immersed filter result. © 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2010