Operating Mode
Batch/Semi-Continuous
Host Equipment
Emissions Port (Vent)
Yes
Special Input/Output Ports
Yes
A Centrifugation in a Basket Centrifuge (Top Discharge) Procedure can be created by selecting the following menu option:
Unit Procedures } Centrifugation } in a Basket Centrifuge (Top Discharge)
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Emissions Port (Vent) |
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This unit procedure simulates centrifugal filtration for removing suspended solids from a slurry. Cake wash 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.
● Cake Removal: the designated output port for the cake.
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
The following procedures offer a similar functionality:
● Centrifugation in a Basket Centrifuge (Bottom Discharge) Procedure
● Plate and Frame Filtration Procedure
● Nutsche Filtration Procedure
● Centrifugation in a Decanter Procedure
● Centrifugation in a Disk-Stack Centrifuge Procedure