Nutsche Filter

Overview

	Size / Design Variable	Filter Area
	Costing Variable (Built-in Model)	Filter Area
	Costing Variable (User-Defined Model)	Filter Area in m2
	Emissions Port	Yes
	Hosts	Nutsche Filtration Procedure

A Nutsche filter is a tank with a false bottom, perforated or porous, which may either support a filter medium or act as the filter medium. The slurry is fed into the filter vessel, and separation occurs by gravity flow, gas pressure, vacuum, or a combination of these forces. The term ‘nutsche’ comes from the German term for sucking, and vacuum is the common operating mode. Nutsche filters are mainly used for laboratory, pilot-plant, and small-plant operations. Nutsche filters are available in various designs, including open or enclosed units, with manual or automated cake discharge, with drying, reaction, and crystallization capabilities. In terms of size, the filter medium area rarely exceeds 6 m2.

The nutsche filtration unit procedure can handle filtration, cake wash, cake drying, cake discharge, cleaning and other operations. The procedure can only be executed in a batch / semi continuous mode.

For information on the equipment data interface, see Nutsche Filter: Equipment Tab.