Participation #01

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
An aqueous suspension of CO3Ca, having 7.7 g of CO3Ca per every 100 cc of mother liquor, is subject
to a filtration process under 2.5 atm pressure difference in a press filter with 200 cm2 filtration area.
The cake density is 1.6 g/cm3 while that of solid CO3Ca is 2.93 g/cm3. The process took place at 20 C
with the following measured data:

Filtered volume (L) Time (s)

0 0

0.2 2.3

0.4 5.5

0.6 9.8

0.8 14.6
 1.0 20.0

1.2 26.7

1.4 34.7

1.6 43.2

1.8 53.3

2.0 63.4

2.2 75.0

2.4 87.4

2.6 100.5

Estimate:

A. What is the void fraction 𝛆 in the cake?

B. What is the volume of liquid, Ve, that may be filtered with the resistance imposed by the
filtering media? During the necessary time, 𝛳e, to equal the cake and media resistance.
C. What is the resistance imposed by the cake?
D. What is the surface of the formed cake?

Hints:
● Consider that in the end the filtered liquid is free of solids. This is, the liquid is just water

● You should plot the equation for the inverse filtration rate in order to find k1 and k2

● You may find the following equations useful Filtration equations

● 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