Decanter centrifuge handbook

Decanter centrifuge handbook

Scope of Publication A reference work for process designers and users of decanters, this book aims to bridge the information gap in this field - that between academic theory promoted in student textbooks and case study data in manufacturers sales literature. <P>Design It includes information o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Records, Alan
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Sutherland, Ken
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford New York Elsevier Science B.V. 2001
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Centrifuges
Centrifugation
Centrifugeuses
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
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Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • <H3>Introduction</H3>Decanter development
  • Manufacturers
  • Trends in technology
  • <H3>Decanter Design</H3>
  • Basic contruction
  • Materials of construction
  • Basic components
  • Variants
  • Special features
  • Instrumentation
  • <H3>The Market</H3>
  • Where decanters are used, how many are used, importance in that market, impact on decanter design and use for manufacturer and end-user
  • Applications: effluent - municipal and industrial, drilling muds, olive and palm oils, proteins, starches, brewery and distillery grains, dairy, petrochemicals, minerals, pharmaceuticals, heavy chemicals, clays, water works sludges, fish meal, surimi, rendering
  • Application types: Clarification, classification, dewatering, extra dry solids, washing, reslurry wash, thickening
  • <H3>Theory</H3>
  • Clarification
  • Conveying
  • Conveying
  • Power Consumption
  • Polymer Addition
  • Pressure developed
  • Scaling
  • Particle size distribution
  • Moving layer theory
  • Calculating the effect of vanes and discs
  • Fundamental studies
  • <H3>Flocculents</H3>
  • Types of flocculents
  • Dosing
  • Make-up
  • <H3>Test work and data Calculations and scale-up</H3>
  • Options
  • Identifying the pertinent method
  • Data needed
  • Preparing the data
  • Mass balance
  • Recovery
  • Polymer Dose
  • g-level
  • Power Calculations
  • Worked examples
  • <H3>Plant Instrumentation and control</H3>
  • <H3>Decanter Features for special application</H3>
  • <H3>Tables of decanter data</H3>
  • <H3>Nomenclature, acknowledgements, references, index</H3>

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