[...]... 3.43 3.46 Carlson Filtration Esters – Filtertechnik Porex Technologies Porex Technologies Bekaert Fibre Technologies Potter and Soar Potter and Soar Potter and Soar Potter and Soar Potter and Soar Memtech (UK) Ltd Flowtech US Filter Corp Memtech (UK) Ltd Firtop Filters, Barton Hydraulic Engineering Ltd Strainwell Tate (Guardian) Andale Airpel Filtration Ltd Jones and Atwood Johnson Filtration Systems... International 7.19 Myson International 7.20 Eisenwerke Kaiserlautern GmbH 1 BASIC PRINCIPLES SECTION CONTENTS 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E Filtration and separation Contaminants Surface and depth filtration Filter ratings Filter tests 1A FILTRATION AND SEPARATION A book entitled Filters and Filtration Handbook is clearly stating its purpose in those words, but the primary topic – fluid purification free of contaminants by... equipment and systems Fresh and wastewater treatment Bulk chemicals Food and beverage production Fine chemical, pharmaceuticals and biochemicals Power generation Pulp and paper Medical and health Electrical and electronic materials and equipment Market share (%) 17.9 15.9 10.3 9.9 7.5 6.5 6.3 5.1 4.8 3.5 this, there is the obvious need for equipment suppliers to ensure that they have on hand the highly... 4.15 Harnisch GmbH N Lancashire Harmsco Osmonics Inc 3 M Filtration Products Accumatic Engineering Ltd Purolator Products Co Gneu Serfilco Cuno Filter Systems Kalsep LFC Lochem BV Celite Corp Celite Corp Sparkler Filters Celite Corp Sparkler Filters Celite Corp BHS VELO SpA Edwards and Jones Ritlerhaus and Blecher Netzch Filtrationtechnik Larox Oy VC Filters International Ltd Ceramem Corp PCI Membrane Systems... exemplified by the treatment of process and boiler exhausts in baghouses, and by the panels used in building air conditioning; solid/liquid separations cover the enormous range of filter types from the simple cartridge filter to the complex machines such as the rotary pressure 1A FILTRATION AND SEPARATION 3 drum filter Most of the inertial separations (cyclone and centrifuge) and sedimentation systems are also... applications: Sections 4 and 5 deal with liquid filtration, and Section 6 with gas filtration The penultimate section looks at types of equipment other than filters that are used for clarification, and the book finishes with some guidance on equipment selection Filtration technology The two major branches of physical separations technology, filtration and sedimentation, work by quite different mechanisms Filtration operates... found The domestic and commercial sector with its many water filters (and coffee filters, and suction cleaner filters) is one; and the transport system sector with its huge number of engine filters for intake air, fuels and coolants, is the other The sector shares of the 10 largest enduser sectors are given in Table 1.2, from which it can be seen that the total of the bulk chemicals and fine chemicals sectors... Penair Filtration xi xii 6.8 6.9 6.11 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.25 6.26 6.28 6.29 6.31 6.33 6.37 6.38 6.40 6.41 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO ILLUSTRATIONS Vokes AAF Donaldson Neu Filtermist Co Anguil Anguil P & S Filtration AAF Snyder General Flex-Kleen Airmaster Engineering Procedair SA Dalmatic Purolator AAF AAF Zander Beach Filters 6.42 6.45 6.51 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 Zander Zander... machinery and engine air intakes respirators and breathing apparatus compressed air treatment and pneumatic systems engine exhausts process and boiler furnace exhausts 14 SECTION 1 BASIC PRINCIPLES Liquid flow contaminants Contaminants will enter liquid flows from their environment and from any prior treatment or contamination that they have undergone The prime concern over liquid contamination now and into... of this market Then good and reasonably economic coagulants were developed, which made the solid/liquid task easier, and vacuum belt filters and decanter centrifuges became effective tools for this task A final point on technology, although by no means an unimportant one, is the need for the filter, and especially the filter medium, to be materially compatible with the suspension and its components This . class="bi x0 y0 w0 h1" alt="" Filters and Filtration Handbook This page intentionally left blank Filters and Filtration Handbook Fifth Edition Ken Sutherland AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HIEDELBERG. 136 3J. Pad and Panel Filters 146 3K. Bag, Pocket and Candle Filters 150 3L. Cartridge Filters 158 3M. Backfl ushing and Self-cleaning Filters 172 3N. Leaf and Plate Filters 176 3O. Filter. Nutsche Filters 114 3E. Tipping Pan and Table Filters 115 3F. Rotary Drum Filters 116 3G. Rotary Disc Filters 128 3 H. Horizontal Belt Filters 132 3I. Centrifugal Filters 136 3J. Pad and Panel