Example of computer simulation - belt filter

Simulations provide the potential to investigate the performance of a filter over a range of process conditions, an ability to ask what if questions and ideally negate the need to perform costly sequences of experiments. To illustrate what can be achieved for continuous filters the horizontal belt filter cycle has been chosen. It is noted that any of the filters shown in Table 7.1 can be simulated using the equations and procedures presented throughout the earlier parts of this chapter. To aid the simulation process, the Filter 

Design Software (FDS) described in Chapter 5 was used to investigate the effects of process parameters on filter performance where the example calculation shown in Section 7.3.1 provided the base case data. In Sections 7.4.1-7.4.5, one operational parameter has been altered over a range each time while maintaining all the other process parameters, including the belt dimensions, at the values stated for the base case. 

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