Centrifugation in a Basket Centrifuge (Bottom Discharge) Procedure

Overview

A Centrifugation in a Basket Centrifuge (Bottom Discharge) Procedure can be created by selecting the following menu option:
Unit Procedures } Centrifugation } in a Basket Centrifuge (Bottom Discharge)

	Operating Mode	Batch/Semi-Continuous
	Host Equipment	Basket Centrifuge (Bottom Discharge)
	Emissions Port (Vent)	Yes
	Special Input/Output Ports	No

This unit procedure simulates centrifugal filtration for removing suspended solids from a slurry. Cake and cake removal (transfer out) also can be modeled. Basket centrifuges are commonly used in the pharmaceutical and specialty chemical industries to recover precipitated or crystallized product.

Special Inputs / Outputs

None.

Operations

The following operation types are currently supported in the context of this unit procedure:

●      Filter, see Cloth Filtration

●      Wash Cake, see Cake Wash 

●      Charge, see Charge

●      CIP, see Clean-In-Place (CIP)

●      Gas Sweep, see Gas Sweep

●      Hold, see Holding

●      Purge / Inert, see Purging / Inerting

●      SIP, see Steam-In-Place (SIP)

●      Transfer In, see Transfer In

●      Transfer Out, see Transfer Out

SEe Also

The following procedures offer a similar functionality:

●      Centrifugation in a Basket Centrifuge (Top Discharge) Procedure

●      Plate and Frame Filtration Procedure

●      Nutsche Filtration Procedure

●      Centrifugation in a Decanter Procedure

●      Centrifugation in a Disk-Stack Centrifuge Procedure