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Plate and Frame Filter Press
Description & Specification
Plate and Frame Filter Press
Categories:
Fluid Mechanics Teaching Equipment
Technical Specifications
The unit shall perform the following experiments and investigations:
Learning Objectives / Experiments
Learning the fundamental principle and method of operation of a plate and frame filter press
Fundamentals of cake filtration
Darcy’s equation
Variation in time of filtrate quantity and solid concentration in filtrate
Production of a suspension
Insertion of the filter cloth
Removal of the filter cake
Mass of filter cake dependent on filtrate quantity.
Specification
Plate and frame filter press for discontinuous cake filtration
HDPE tank to produce a suspension
Adjustment of suspension flow rate by valve
Thermometer and manometer in inlet
Portable opacimeter to measure the solid concentration in the filtrate
Plate and frame filter press with 10 opening separating chambers for removal of the filter cake
Centrifugal pump to deliver the suspension to the plate and frame filter press
PMMA tank with level scale for filtrate.
Technical Data
Filter area: approx. 0,72m²
Max. Flow rate: 4,5m³/h
Max. Head: 45m tanks
Plate and frame filter press
Suspension tank: 200l
Pressure: 0…4bar
Temperature: 0…60°c
Filtrate: 20l measuring ranges
Working pressure: approx. 0,4…2,5bar centrifugal pump (submersible pump)
Material of construction: stainless steel
Dimensions and Weight LxWxH: 1900x800x1900mm
Weight: approx. 208kg.
