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Pressure Filters
Gyan Ranjan Das, Subhashree Singh, G.V. Kiran, Anand Purohit, Alok Tripathy, Dr. S.K. Biswal
of Bhubaneswar
It deals with innovative specialty chemicals to enable mineral processing industries
Technology), Bhubaneswar
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High Clay
Content
Constantly
degrading
ore quality
Soft Ore
Challenges
to Address
Retrofitting
in previously
designed
technologies
Crushing
Flow aid
(Stickiness
Inhibitor)
Grinding Aid
Washing
Dispersant
Classification/
Grinding
Dispersant
Dewatering Methods
/ Filtration
Dewatering Aid
Filter Aid
Flocculant
Thickening
Filtration
Pellet Making
If cake moisture is around
10%, it can be sent to
pelletizing Disc
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Possible Solution:
FILTER AID
Higher moisture
makes induration
process expensive
Excess moisture
can dampen the
formation of pellets
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Chemically Inert
Improve cake permeability
Forms a porous layer on the
septum and becomes the
filtering medium
Light in weight
High dosage is required
Chemically Active
Polymers/speciality
chemicals adsorb onto the
surfaces of particles
Promote coagulation,
capillary pressure reduction,
hydrophobicity and surface
tension reduction
Added in very minute
quantity
Problem at hand?
61%
60-61%
upto 10-15%
5-8%
10.5-11.5% (sticky at times)
Target Moisture:
Vacuum Filtration
Enlarge
capillary
radius of
pores in cake
Lower
Surface
Tension
Increase
Contact
Angle
Decrease
Viscosity
Filter Aid
Reduce
Swelling
property of
clay
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After getting encouraging results in vacuum filtration, trial was conducted in pilot
pressure filter
Cycle Time
(Min)
FAM 110
Dosage
(gm / MT)
Cake
Thickness
(Cm)
2.8
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11.6
50
2.8
12
10.8
-0.8%
100
2.8
12
9.8
-1.8%
Moisture
(%)
Change
(%)
(Feeding + Pressing)
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Operating
4 min Parameters
5 min
1.97
7 min
90
Flushing pressure:
Filtration time (in Sec.)
Squeezing pressure:
Slurry
Pressingdensity:
time (in Sec.)
1.5
5.5 bar
Filtration Pressure (Bar)
12 bar
2.1 gm/cc
290
Pressing Pressure (Bar)
10.3
420
8.5
250
7.2
Throughput
Cake Moisture
Reduction in
Moisture content
Gram / MT
MT
Blank
28.5
10.25
Reference
Test-1
25
28.5
9.59
0.66
Test-2
35
29
9.37
0.88
Test-3
45
28.5
8.72
1.53
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Conclusions
Environmental Friendliness:
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Crushing
Flow aid
(Stickiness
Inhibitor)
Grinding/Washing
Dispersant
Grinding Aid
Classification
Dispersant
Dewatering Methods
/ Filteration
Dewatering Aid
Filter Aid
Flocculant
Customized Products products are developed as per plant raw material and design,
additives
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Please feel free to contact us incase you need any clarification. Contact details:
Gyan Ranjan Das
Cell: +91 9238306546
Email: gyanranjan.das@innocule.co.in
www.innocule.co.in
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