 INSTRUCTION MANUAL.

Centrifuge.

SET UP

 DESCRIPTION

 SPECIFICATIONS

 INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS

 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS

 PRECAUTIONS

 TROUBLE SHOOTING

EXPREMENTATION
 THEORY

 OPERATING PROCEDURE’

 SYSTEM CONSTANTS

 OBSERVATION TABLE

 CALCULATIONS
AIM:

Aim to calculate rate of filtration and relative centrifugal force.

INTRODUCTION:

Centrifuges for the separation of solids are called as centrifugal filter in this

particular case. In this particular process in which the solid phase is supported

and retained permeable membrane through which liquid phase is free to pass.

Liquid centrifugal seperators may be considered as an extention of the first type.

The use of centrifuge covers a broad range of applications from the separation of

gases of different molecular wts. To the dewaring of coal.

PROCEDURE :

1. Take slurry of known concentration.

2. cover basket with filter media.

3. start centrifuge machine and allow for study state rotations.

4. Feed slurry slowely.

5. Note down time required for filtration of known volume of slurry.

6. Note down cake thickness obtained.

OBSERVATION TABLE :

Sr. no Filtrate collected Time reqd. Remarks.

CALCULATIONS:

RCF = Relative centrifugal force

 0.0000142 n²Di

N = RPM of basket

Di = inside dia of basket

Filtration rate

Q = Pw ²( r²2 - r²1)

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2 µ ( mc /AL Aa + Rm / A2)

Q = vol. flow rate of filtrate

r 1 = inner liquid surface

r 2 = inner wall surface

= Average cake resistance

mc = mass of solid

AL = logarithmic mean of cake area.

Aa = Arithmatic mean cake areas.

Rm = Resistance of filter medium

A2 = Area of filter medium.

Dimension of and Rm are

Length / mass e.g. m/kg.

Mean cake areas

AL = 2 Π b ( r2 – r3)

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1n r2/r3

Aa = ( r2 \= r3) Π b

B = basket ht

R3 = inside surface of the cake

DATA:
Basket ht -

Inner surface

Specific resistance of filter media -