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The filter usually has an endless cloth, traveling intermittently between the plates via roUers, to peel off cakes. Unfortunately, if the cloth is damaged anywhere, the whole cloth must be replaced, which is a difficult process. Each time the filter cloth zigzags through the filter, the filtering direction is reversed this tends to keep the cloth clean. Most of these filters incorporate membranes for mechanical expression, and cakes sometimes stick to the membranes and remain in the chamber after discharge. Some vertical filters are available with a separate cloth for each frame. The cloths maybe disposable and such filters are designed to operate with or without filter aids. 

Membrane Filter Press. Membrane filter presses use impermeable, flexible membranes, or diaphragms to squeeze the cake for further cake deliquoring, as shown in Fig. 15. This type of filter provides less dead time in a filtration cycle, better washing, and drier cake compared to traditional plate-and-frame and recessed plate filter presses. A comparison of a recessed press operated at 100 psi and a membrane filter operated at 25psi for sludge dewatering is shown in Table 4. ... 

Plate and frame membrane filters Kerasep ceramic MF and UF membranes... 

Figure 1.33 Schematic diagram showing membrane modules presently used in industrial separation processes (a) pleated membrane filter cartridge (b) plate-and-frame membrane module (c) spiral wound membrane module (d) tubular membrane module (e) capillary membrane module (f) hollow fiber membrane module.

Plate and frame membrane filters rely on seals on each plate and the clamps on the assembly for containment. Hollow fibre systems are pressure limited and are often fitted with a pressure switch in order to prevent the recirculation pump reaching the bursting pressure of the fibres. 

In oil and air filters, the membranes are embedded in adhesives and/or fixed to metal frames (PVC plastisols, polyurethanes). 

Probably the most common filter used today in dry Ifactionation is some form of plate-and-frame membrane filter. The increasing demand worldwide for salad and frying oils, particularly those derived fl"om palm oil, led to the introduc-... 

The earhest reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration units were based on flat membrane sheets ia arrangements similar to that of a plate and frame filter press. Siace then, mote efficient membrane configurations, ie, tubular, spiral wound, and hoUow fiber, have emerged (96—98). 

Plate-and-Frame (Conceptually the simplest, it is veiv much like a filter press. Once found in RO, UF, and IVIF, it is still the only module commonly used in electrodialysis (ED). A fevy applications in pressure-driven membrane separation remain (see Sec. 18 for a description of a plate-and-frarne filter press). 

Electrodialysis units are constructed using a plate-and-frame technique similar to filter presses. Alternating sheets of anionic and cationic membranes are placed between two electrodes. The plating or rinse solution to be recovered (electrolyte) circulates past the system s electrodes. Hydrogen and oxygen evolve. Positive ions travel to the negative terminal and negative ions travel to the... 

Filtration. Filtration can include filter presses, rotary drum vacuum filters (RDVF), belt filters, and variations on synthetic membrane filtration equipment, such as filter cartridges, pancake filters, or plate and frame filter presses. These processes typically operate in a batch mode when the filter chamber is filled up or the vacuum drum cake is exhausted, a new batch must be started. This type of filtration is also called dead-end filtration because the only fluid flow is through the membrane itself. Due to the small size of cells and their compressible nature, typical cell cakes have low permeability and filter aids, such as diatomaceous earths, perlite, or other mined materials are added to overcome this limitation. Moreover, the presence of high solids and viscous polymeric fermentation byproducts can limit filtration fluxes without the use of filter aids. 

Filtration—After an adsorbent has selectively captured the impurities, it must be removed from the oil before it becomes a catalyst for color development or other undesirable reactions. Filtration, the separation method most often used for spent bleaching media removal, is the process of passing a fluid through a permeable filter material to separate particles from the fluid. Examples of the filtration materials used are filter paper, filter cloth, filter screen, and membranes. Filter aid, such as diatomite, perlite, or cellulose, are usually used in conjunction with the permeable filters for surface protection. Traditionally, either plate and frame or pressure-leaf filters have been used for spent bleaching media removal. Currently, self-cleaning, closed filters that operate on an automated cycle are available. 

While the designs of commercially available crystallizer cells have some variances, all are intended to cool and agitate the oil as a batch more or less in the same manner. There are, however, several types of filters in use based on the products and style of operation. These basic designs include plate and frame filters, continuous vacuum systems, membrane systems, and pressure leaf designs. 

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