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In the production of edible oils from oil seeds and oil-rich fruits it is necessary to process the crude oil to separate pure oil (olein) from the crystalline solids (stearin),…

Unlike the other horizontal belt filters, the (paper) band filter is a device used for clarifying machine tool and similar coolants and lubricants free of contaminants. It began as a…

Horizontal belt filters working on the vacuum principle were originally developed for process applications where intensive washing is required, but are now also employed for a wide variety of filtering…

The capillary disc filter looks like any other standard rotary vacuum disc filter, as can be seen in Figure 3.25 , but the filter medium is a finely porous ceramic…

Rotary disc vacuum filters have the advantage, compared with rotary drum filters, of giving a much larger filter area per unit of floor area. They are thus particularly suitable for…

The rotary pressure drum filter is basically a rotary drum filter enclosed in a large pressure shell, with suitable means for getting the feed suspension and any wash liquors in…

A range of filter media can be used on drum filters, depending on the specific application. Most media have a cut-off point below which value particles pass through the  filter. One…

The choice of the most suitable method of cake discharge for a particular RVDF application depends not only on the nature of the cake, but also on considerations of protection…

The rotary vacuum drum filters described so far utilize a filtrate flow from outside the drum to the inside, where the vacuum is applied. Rotary drum filters also exist with…

A rotary vacuum drum filter consists of a cloth-covered compartmental drum suspended on an axial shaft over a feed trough containing the suspension, with approximately 50 to 80% of the…