ROTARY VACUUM FILTER.

XLS
Prediction of Throughput of a RVF - effect of feed preconcentration
based on leaf test data for moisture, cake and cloth resistance
INPUTS: ******* *******
Drum speed in rpm:
Fractional submergence:
Drum area:
Total filtration pressure:
Liquid viscosity:
Liquid density:
Specific resistance:
Cloth resistance:
Moisture ratio:
IF CAKE DEPTH IS NEEDED:
Solid density:
******* *******
Slurry
******* Cake
conc
******* depth
(% w/w)
******* (mm)
20 *******
4
22 *******
4
24 *******
4
26 *******
5
28 *******
5
30 *******
5
32 *******
6
34 *******
6
36 *******
7
38 *******
7
40 *******
8
42 *******
9
44 *******
10
46 *******
11
48 *******
12

*******
0.333
0.3
1
64386.562
0.001
1000
2.2E+11
5.53E+09
1.8
2650
*******
Dry sol.
thru'
(kg/h)
62
67
73
78
84
90
97
105
113
123
134
147
163
183
211

*******
rpm
(-)
m^2
Pa
Pa s
kg/m^3
m/kg
m^-1
(-)
*******
kg/m^3
*******
Slurry
thru'
(kg/h)
312
306
302
300
300
301
304
308
314
323
335
350
370
398
439

*******
*******
*******
*******
*******
*******
*******
*******
*******
*******
*******
*******
*******
Slurry
thru'
(l/h)
273
264
257
252
248
245
243
243
244
247
251
258
269
284
308

CALCULATED VALUES:
rps:
0.00555
form time 54.054054

Intermediate values used in calculations:

Slurry
*
conc.
*
as mass
*
fraction
*
*
0.2
*
0.22
*
0.24
*
0.26
*
0.28
*
0.3
*
0.32
*
0.34
*
0.36
*
0.38
*
0.4
*
0.42
*
0.44
*
0.46
*
0.48

seconds

dry solids throughput, kg/h.

ED VALUES:

250
200
150
100
50
0
0

20

40

slurry conc. wt %.

values used in calculations:

Dry
First
weight
coeff. of
per unit
equation
volume
(2.23)

Second
coeff. of
equation
(2.23)

312.5 5932052.2 286.29162

364.23841
6914180 286.29162
422.53521
8020803 286.29162
488.7218 9277194.4 286.29162
564.51613 10715965 286.29162
652.17391 12379935 286.29162
754.71698 14326466 286.29162
876.28866 16634208 286.29162
1022.7273 19413989 286.29162
1202.5316 22827138 286.29162
1428.5714 27117953 286.29162
1721.3115 32674910 286.29162
2115.3846 40155430 286.29162
2674.4186 50767330 286.29162
3529.4118 66997295 286.29162

Volume
filtrate
produced
(m^3)
0.0029946
0.0027754
0.0025782
0.0023984
0.0022326
0.002078
0.0019325
0.0017941
0.0016613
0.0015326
0.0014066
0.0012818
0.0011567
0.001029
0.0008961

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