Centrifuge equipment filtering centrifuges

Regardless of the machine device, centrifuges are typically maintenance-intensive. Filters can be cheaper in terms of capital and maintenance and should be considered first unless centrifugal equipment already exists. Small facilities (<1000 liters) use filtration, since centrifugation scale-down is constrained by equipment availability. Comparative economics of the two classes of operations are discussed by Datar and Rosen (loc. cit.). 

Agitated/Monoplate Nutsche Filter/Dryer Horizontal Plate Filter/Dryer Continuous Equipment Rotary Drum Filter Centrifugal Filter Horizontal Belt Filter... 

The design, construction and application of thickeners, centrifuges and filters is a specialised subject, and firms who have expertise in these fields should be consulted when selecting and specifying equipment for new applications. Several specialist texts on the subject are available Svarovsky (2001), Ward (2000) and Wakeman and Tarleton (1998). The theory of sedimentation processes is covered in Volume 2, Chapter 5 and filtration in Chapter 7. 

In the 1990s, Dow researchers [4,5] developed a unique device (Figure 4.3) that creates substantial surface area within the polymer melt at very short residence times, which allows the achievement of equilibrium residual levels. The PS melt is passed into a centrifuge equipped with a high surface area porous metal filter. The G-force quickly forces the molten polymer through the... 

Crystallisation theory is covered in Volume 2, Chapter 15, and in several other texts Mullin (1992), Van Hook (1961), Nyvlt (1971) and Janie and Grootscholten (1984). Descriptions and illustrations of the many types of commercial crystalliser used can be found in these texts and in various handbooks Perry and Green (1984), Schweitzer (1988). Procedures for the scale-up and design of crystallisers are given by Mersham (1984), (1988), (1995). Bamford (1965) includes details of the ancillary equipment required vacuum pumps, circulation pumps, valves, filters, centrifuges and dryers. 

All the major process equipment, such as vessels, reactors, columns, furnaces, heat exchangers, coolers, pumps, compressors, motors, fans, turbines, filters, centrifuges, dryers, etc., including field fabrication and testing if necessary ... 

Centrifuge Dryers Usually they are batch or continuous filtering centrifuges (Sec. 18, "Liquid-Solid Operations and Equipment ) with hot air being blown over the solids in the discharge section. Manufacturers include Heinkel and Bird-Humboldt. 

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