The document discusses filter cake washing and air blow down processes. It states that both processes are accomplished by routing wash liquid or air through the same piping used for filtrate discharge. The filter plates must be designed with alternating corner porting to allow the wash liquid or air to pass through the filter cake and exit the open ports of the next chamber. Multiple cross washing directions and thorough washing using the feed port are also possible according to the document.
The document discusses filter cake washing and air blow down processes. It states that both processes are accomplished by routing wash liquid or air through the same piping used for filtrate discharge. The filter plates must be designed with alternating corner porting to allow the wash liquid or air to pass through the filter cake and exit the open ports of the next chamber. Multiple cross washing directions and thorough washing using the feed port are also possible according to the document.
The document discusses filter cake washing and air blow down processes. It states that both processes are accomplished by routing wash liquid or air through the same piping used for filtrate discharge. The filter plates must be designed with alternating corner porting to allow the wash liquid or air to pass through the filter cake and exit the open ports of the next chamber. Multiple cross washing directions and thorough washing using the feed port are also possible according to the document.
The document discusses filter cake washing and air blow down processes. It states that both processes are accomplished by routing wash liquid or air through the same piping used for filtrate discharge. The filter plates must be designed with alternating corner porting to allow the wash liquid or air to pass through the filter cake and exit the open ports of the next chamber. Multiple cross washing directions and thorough washing using the feed port are also possible according to the document.
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FILTER CAKE WASHING & AIR
BLOW DOWN OF A FILTER CAKE
Fig 1 View of the internal porting arrangement
THE ROUTING FOR BOTH WASHING AND
AIR BLOWING A FILTER CAKE IS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE SAME WAY.
FILTER PLATES MUST BE CLOSED
DELIVERY (NOT OPEN FILTRATE) AND BE DESIGNED AS #1 AND #3 BUTTON DISCHARGE I.E. ALTERNATING CORNER PORTING. AIR OR WASH LIQUOR IS INTRODUCED INTO THE FILTER CAKE VIA THE SAME PIPING ROUTE USED FOR FILTRATE DISCHARGE.
THE DISCHARGE PIPING MANIFOLD ON
THE FILTER PRESS IS DESIGNED WITH A VALVE ARRANGEMENT TO ISOLATE THE FILTRATE DISCHARGE LINE. WASH LIQUOR OR AIR ENTERS THE FILTER PLATE VIA THE PLATE CORNER PORTING SHOWN IN FIG 1. AND PASSES THROUGH THE FILTER CAKE TO THE NEXT CHAMBER WHERE IT EXITS THE CHAMBER’S OPEN PORTS.
MULTIPLE CROSS WASHING DIRECTIONS
ARE POSSIBLE AND THROUGH WASHING IS ALSO EFFECTIVE (USING THE FEED PORT).
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