Vacuum drum filters sizes, commercial

Commercially, separation is mostly performed by vacuum filtration on belt or drum filters or by pressure in membrane filters (Illingworth, 2002). Evenly-sized well-developed spherical crystals, such as those obtained in a well-executed Tirtiaux process, can be easily recovered using vacuum filters. For optimal filtration, the air on top of the filter may be cooled or heated to the filtration temperature to avoid melting or crystallization on the filter and clogging of the filter cake. This results in increasing entrainment and reducing filter speed. A considerable amount of oil is entrained in the filter cake, which can be as much as 60-70% for milk fat. 

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