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Optimizing Belt Filter Press Dewatering at the Skinner Filtration Plant
Author(s) -
Johnson George,
Buchanan George G.,
Newkirk Dale D.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1992.tb05881.x
Subject(s) - dewatering , filtration (mathematics) , filter (signal processing) , filter press , filter cake , waste management , process engineering , pulp and paper industry , environmental science , engineering , environmental engineering , geotechnical engineering , mathematics , statistics , electrical engineering
Belt filter presses were placed into operation at the Robert A. Skinner Filtration Plant in 1985 as part of a renovation of the plant's sludge‐handling processes. Through a series of tests, operational parameters such as solids feed, sludge flow rate, polymer dosage, and belt speed and tension were identified as being critical to belt filter press efficiency and optimization. Although sludge production and cake solids have not met specifications, operation of the belt filter presses at this plant are considered successful.