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The document discusses sedimentation and filtration processes. It provides test results on the sedimentation rate of slurries at different concentrations. It also provides data from experiments on a plate and frame filter press, including the volume of filtrate produced over time at different pressure differences. The document asks questions about determining the required area for sedimentation based on feed rate and underflow concentration, as well as calculating the required area for a thickener based on experimental sedimentation rate data.

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The document discusses sedimentation and filtration processes. It provides test results on the sedimentation rate of slurries at different concentrations. It also provides data from experiments on a plate and frame filter press, including the volume of filtrate produced over time at different pressure differences. The document asks questions about determining the required area for sedimentation based on feed rate and underflow concentration, as well as calculating the required area for a thickener based on experimental sedimentation rate data.

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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, NIT ROURKELA CH-213, Processing and Handling of Materials Tutorial No.

2, Topic: Sedimentation and Filtration


1. A batch test on the sedimentation of a slurry containing 200 kg solids/m3 gave the results shown in figure for the position of the interface between slurry and clear liquid as a function of time. Tabulate the sedimentation velocity as well as concentration. What area of tank will be required to give an underflow concentration of 1200 kg/m3 for a feed rate of 2 m3/min of slurry? A slurry containing 5 kg of water/kg of solid is to be thickened to a sludge containing 1.5 kg of water/kg of solid in a continuous operation. Laboratory test using five different concentrations of the slurry yielded the following results: Concentration (kg water/kg solid): 5.0 4.2 3.7 3.1 2.5 Rate of sedimentation (mm/s) : 0.20 0.12 0.094 0.07 0.052 Feed to the thickener is 1.33 kg/s. Calculate the area of the thickener. A plate and frame filter press handles a compressible sludge containing 80 kg of dry solid per m3 of solid-free liquid ( viscosity = 1.0 centipoise ). The filter must deliver 12.0 m3 of solid-free filtrate over an operating time of 2.0 hrs when pressure difference driving force over the filter unit is constant at 171.5 kN/m2. On the basis of the following data obtained on a small experimental filter press with a filtering area on 0.75 m2 operating on the same sludge, estimate the total area of filtering surface required. Volume of Time ( hours) 3 filtrate, m (- P) = 138.2 kN/ (- P) = 206.8 kN/ (- P) = 275.4 kN/ m2 m2 m2 0.142 0.34 0.25 0.21 0.227 0.85 0.64 0.52 0.283 1.32 1.00 0.81 0.340 1.90 1.43 1.17 Assume that the filter medium resistance is constant and is the same for both the experimental filter as well as filter press. A plate and frame press, filtering a slurry, gave a total of 8 m3 of filtrate in 1800s and 11m3 in 3600s, when filtration was stopped. Estimate the washing time in seconds if 3 m3 of wash water are used. The resistance of the cloth can be neglected and a constant pressure is used throughout. Assume that for thorough washing in a plate and frame filter the flow of wash water at the same pressure will be one-quarter of the filtration rate.

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