scholarly journals The Role of pdin the Unified Theory on Solid-Liquid Separation: Especially on the Cake Thickness at Hindered Sedimentation, Cake Filtration and Expression

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 334-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-Sam Yim ◽  
Yun-Min Song
Keyword(s):  
Unified Theory ◽  
Cake Filtration ◽  
Liquid Separation ◽  
Cake Thickness ◽  
Solid Liquid ◽  
Solid Liquid Separation

scholarly journals A Coupled CFD-DEM Model for Resolved Simulation of Filter Cake Formation during Solid-Liquid Separation

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 826
Author(s):  
Vanessa Puderbach ◽  
Kilian Schmidt ◽  
Sergiy Antonyuk
Keyword(s):  
Filter Cake ◽  
Filter Medium ◽  
Particle Interactions ◽  
Cake Filtration ◽  
Liquid Separation ◽  
Flow Equations ◽  
Cake Formation ◽  
Solid Liquid ◽  
Solid Liquid Separation ◽  
Dem Model

In cake filtration processes, where particles in a suspension are separated by forming a filter cake on the filter medium, the resistances of filter cake and filter medium cause a specific pressure drop which consequently defines the process energy effort. The micromechanics of the filter cake formation (interactions between particles, fluid, other particles and filter medium) must be considered to describe pore clogging, filter cake growth and consolidation correctly. A precise 3D modeling approach to describe these effects is the resolved coupling of the Computational Fluid Dynamics with the Discrete Element Method (CFD-DEM). This work focuses on the development and validation of a CFD-DEM model, which is capable to predict the filter cake formation during solid-liquid separation accurately. The model uses the Lattice-Boltzmann Method (LBM) to directly solve the flow equations in the CFD part of the coupling and the DEM for the calculation of particle interactions. The developed model enables the 4-way coupling to consider particle-fluid and particle-particle interactions. The results of this work are presented in two steps. First, the developed model is validated with an empirical model of the single particle settling velocity in the transition regime of the fluid-particle flow. The model is also enhanced with additional particles to determine the particle-particle influence. Second, the separation of silica glass particles from water in a pressurized housing at constant pressure is experimentally investigated. The measured filter cake, filter medium and interference resistances are in a good agreement with the results of the 3D simulations, demonstrating the applicability of the resolved CFD-DEM coupling for analyzing and optimizing cake filtration processes.

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