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Rotary Vacuum Filter
Rotary Vacuum Filter
XLS
Prediction of Throughput of a RVF - effect of feed preconcentration
based on leaf test data for moisture, cake and cloth resistance
INPUTS: ******* *******
Drum speed in rpm:
Fractional submergence:
Drum area:
Total filtration pressure:
Liquid viscosity:
Liquid density:
Specific resistance:
Cloth resistance:
Moisture ratio:
IF CAKE DEPTH IS NEEDED:
Solid density:
******* *******
Slurry
******* Cake
conc
******* depth
(% w/w)
******* (mm)
20 *******
4
22 *******
4
24 *******
4
26 *******
5
28 *******
5
30 *******
5
32 *******
6
34 *******
6
36 *******
7
38 *******
7
40 *******
8
42 *******
9
44 *******
10
46 *******
11
48 *******
12
*******
0.333
0.3
1
64386.562
0.001
1000
2.2E+11
5.53E+09
1.8
2650
*******
Dry sol.
thru'
(kg/h)
62
67
73
78
84
90
97
105
113
123
134
147
163
183
211
*******
rpm
(-)
m^2
Pa
Pa s
kg/m^3
m/kg
m^-1
(-)
*******
kg/m^3
*******
Slurry
thru'
(kg/h)
312
306
302
300
300
301
304
308
314
323
335
350
370
398
439
*******
*******
*******
*******
*******
*******
*******
*******
*******
*******
*******
*******
*******
Slurry
thru'
(l/h)
273
264
257
252
248
245
243
243
244
247
251
258
269
284
308
CALCULATED VALUES:
rps:
0.00555
form time 54.054054
seconds
ED VALUES:
250
200
150
100
50
0
0
20
40
slurry conc. wt %.
Second
coeff. of
equation
(2.23)
Volume
filtrate
produced
(m^3)
0.0029946
0.0027754
0.0025782
0.0023984
0.0022326
0.002078
0.0019325
0.0017941
0.0016613
0.0015326
0.0014066
0.0012818
0.0011567
0.001029
0.0008961
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