Supported by more than 40 years of research, development and teaching, this book provides a comprehensive treatment of all relevant aspects in wet cake filtration as a key method in solid-liquid-separation.
The first part of the book discusses general principles and applications of wet cake filtration, determination of proper feed streams and filter cake formation. The next chapters deal with variations of pre-treatment and process conditions including necessary aspects of lab scale tests, up-scaling and filter design. This is further strengthened with chapters discussing particle purification, yield maximization and cake deliquoring ? the removal of the liquid phase. Lastly, the filter media is discussed as the central piece of wet cake filtration. Beside the different possibilities of available filter media structures and process relevant aspects of filter media selection, the reliable characterization of pore sizes by porometry and innovative additional functionalities are introduced.
