Leaf Filter EXPT.NO:8: α = 2A² (1-mw) Δp / ρ µ w c (m²/Kg) R ρ α w v / A (1-mw) (m־¹)
Leaf Filter EXPT.NO:8: α = 2A² (1-mw) Δp / ρ µ w c (m²/Kg) R ρ α w v / A (1-mw) (m־¹)
Leaf Filter EXPT.NO:8: α = 2A² (1-mw) Δp / ρ µ w c (m²/Kg) R ρ α w v / A (1-mw) (m־¹)
EXPT.NO:8
AIM:
To determine the specific cake resistance and filter medium resistance Rm using a leaf filter.
THEORY:
Filtration is the removal of solid particle from slurry by passing it through a filter medium on
which solids are deposited and the filtrate allowed to pass through. The deposited solids on the filter
cloth from a packed bed and the filtrate flows through the pores are assumed to be in the laminar
range and Kozney – Carmen equation is used. It is a batch filter and is used in the same manner as
that of using vacuum. The specific cake resistance α and filter medium resistance Rm is calculated
using the relations.
FORMULAE:
Rm = ρ α w vf / A (1-mw) (m־¹)
Where
A = Area of filtration.
OBSERVATIONS:
Weight of the watch glass =
Volume of filtrate =
w= wt of CaCO3
wt of CaCO3 + wt of H2O
PROCEDURE:
2 liters of 4% slurry CaCO3 was prepared in the slurry tank and maintaining homogeneously
using a stirrer. The filter leaf was submerged in to the slurry. The vacuum pump is switched on and
adjusted to the required value. The stop watch was started immediately and time required for every 2cm
rise in the filtrate level at filtrate collection tank was noted. After filtration was over, a portion of the
cake is taken in a dish and weighed. The cake is dried and weighed again to determine weight of the
cake. The specific cake resistance ‘α’ and filter medium resistance ‘Rm’ is then calculated using the
following equations.
TABULATION 1:
RESULT: