Experimental Study and Performance Enhancement of Rotary Drum Filter

Abstract

In the Chemical Industry lot of Filters are frequently used for slurry separation that involves the separation of solid-liquid phase for continuous flow operations. One of the oldest and yet effective devices used still is the Rotary Drum Filter which can be called the workhorse of the chemical process industry. In this paper, we have discussed various parameters for enhancing the performance of rotary drum filters which include various physical well as chemical properties. My main objective was concerned with changing the various parameters like reducing the moisture content, the agitation speed, the cloth used for filtration, ph., slurry age, viscosity, cycle time, pressure drop, temperature involved which will not affect the cost of the process making it economically beneficial and handling can be done easily.