CE 286 Nutsche Pressure Filter Didactic Equipment Vocational Training Equipment Fluid Lab Equipment
Discontinuous cake filtration by positive pressure Features - cake filtration with a Nutsche pressure filter Learning objectives/experiments - basic principle and method of operation of a Nutsche pressure filter - fundamentals of cake filtration: Darcy's equation - mass and thickness of filter cake dependent on filtrate quantity Specification [1] Nutsche pressure filter for discontinuous cake filtration [2] enclosed 3-part vessel with 2 flanges and 2 bumped bases [3] bottom flange with recessed sieve base and PP filter cloth [4] bottom section of vessel to collect filtrate [5] centre section to form filter cake [6] top section removable to remove filter cake [7] maintenance and pressure control unit to adjust positive pressure in centre and top section [8] 2 manometers to indicate pressure upstream and downstream of filter [9] 2 sight glasses to observe level in bottom section [10] production and transport of suspension with suspension production unit CE 285