Plate and Frame Filtration Procedure

Overview

A Plate and Frame Filtration Procedure can be created by selecting the following menu option:
Unit Procedures } Filtration } Plate and Frame Filtration

PlateAndFrameFilter.bmp

 

Operating Mode

Batch/Semi-Continuous

Host Equipment

Plate & Frame Filter

Emissions Port (Vent)

Yes

Special Input/Output Ports

Yes

 

 

This unit procedure can simulate filtration and cake for removing suspended solids from a slurry. Plate & frame filters are widely used in the chemical, food, and environmental industries.

Special Inputs / Outputs

●      Cake: the designated output port for the cake.

Operations

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

●      Filter, see Cloth Filtration

●      Wash Cake, see Cake Wash

●      CIP, see Clean-In-Place (CIP)

●      Gas Sweep, see Gas Sweep

●      Hold, see Holding

●      SIP, see Steam-In-Place (SIP)

●      Transfer Out, see Transfer Out

SEe Also

The following procedure offers a similar functionality:

●      Nutsche Filtration Procedure