Solid/liquid separation equipment, selection Software

Figure 5.1 Simplified flowsheet showing the role of computer software and simulations in the selection, sizing and optimisation of solid/liquid separation equipment.

Figure 5.2 Flowchart for the selection of solid/liquid separation equipment the region highlighted in the top half of the flowchart is performed by the equipment selection module of FDS (Filter Design Software, 2005).

Figure 5.6 The role of computer software in the selection, sizing, simulation and optimisation of solid/liquid separation equipment. FDS modules (1) equipment selection (2) and (4) data analysis (3) scale-up data generation (5) equipment simulation.

The following details FDS, Windows software for the selection and simulation of solid/liquid separation equipment as well as the analysis of test data. FDS has been developed in collaboration with multi-national companies spanning a wide range of industrial sectors, the aim being to provide a comprehensive calculation, education and training tool that maintains a balance between ease of use, level of knowledge conveyed and comprehensibility. FDS is a sequence of interlinked modules that can be used independently from one another as necessary Figure 5.8 shows the Start Menu display. 

Tarleton E.S. and Wakeman R.J., 1991. Solid/Liquid Separation Equipment Simulation Design p -SELECT - Personal computer software for the analysis of filtration and sedimentation test data and the selection of solid/liquid separation equipment. Separations Technology Associates, Loughborough. 

The purpose of this book is to inform engineers and separations technologists about the available equipment options for solid/liquid separation, to put these into classifications so that informed equipment selections can be made for a particular separations problem, and to present applicable models so that meaningful design and simulation calculations can be carried out. Within this framework, the role of computer software is elucidated and through the use of numerous worked examples the nature and significance of calculations that can be undertaken are shown. 

Expert systems in solid-liquid separation have now gone out of fashion somewhat and the pre-selection of equipment now tends to be built into much larger design software. In any case, computerized advice, although helpful to complete beginners as a first approach, is no substitute for experience and in-depth knowledge of the subject. 

Equipment selection in solid-liquid separation, a simple expert system , Catalogue of In-Company Short Courses, Books and Particle Technology Software, Fine Particle Software, The Lares, Maple Avenue, Gooden, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4ST (2000), also on website http / /memhers.aol.com/lsvarovsky/... 

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