Participation #04

Unit #3
Special Operations 3
Dr. Ildebrando Pérez Reyes

Instructor: Dr. Ildebrando Pérez Reyes

Student name: Heber Yael
Student last name: Ozaeta Saenz

Instructions
Solve the activity in a clear, legible and understandable way, in a word processor. In order to deliver
your work you should make a copy of this document and return it to the instructor with your work
in it. You should paste a picture of your work in the document.

To deliver your work you should share the document with the instructor by creating a PDF document
and upload it to the platform.

The activity
A filter press with a surface of 50m2 handles a slurry with these properties:

● dynamic viscosity 0.001 N s/m2

● solid mass referred to the volume of filtered 10 kg/m3
● cake resistance (alpha) 1.1 x 10^11 m/kg
● filter media resistance rm 6.5 x 10^10 1/m

The filter press uses a centrifugal pump with a characteristic curve as follows:

ΔP = 2 - Q ( 0.00163 Q - 0.02889) [bar]

with Q given in m3/hr.

A. Find the time required to obtain 50m3 of liquid filtered

B. A plot of the volume versus time
C. A plot of the flow rate versus time
D. A plot of the pressure versus time
Hints:
● Make use of the basic filtration equation relating Q and dV/dt Eqn. (11.8) from the book
of Ocon and Tojo

● Find the time as the integral of dV/Q

● Good luck

The solution/answers
PASTE YOUR PROCEDURE HERE

PASTE YOUR RESULTS FOR QUESTION A HERE

PASTE YOUR RESULTS FOR QUESTION B HERE

PASTE YOUR RESULTS FOR QUESTION C HERE

PASTE YOUR RESULTS FOR QUESTION D HERE

DO NOT DELETE THIS
Section for the instructor