Beruflich Dokumente
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WesTech
Process Efficiency and Design Flexibility
Wash Box
Filter Cloth
Cloth Tracker
Endless Carrier Belt
Drive
Vacuum Manifold
Cloth Wash
Operational Advantages
Pneumatic vacuum box raising / lowering
Horizontal surface assures regular cake thickness which
provides flexibility of operation
Pneumatic cloth tracking system
Ability to wash the solid phase in perfect delimited
zones by direct or counter current washing
Natural classification of feed solids
High filtration rates (up to 10t/h/m2). Better cake wash efficiency (>99%)
Drier filter cakes (as low as 6%). Highly efficient fluid drainage
Automated control system
Cake Wash
Thickener Underflow or
Hydrocyclone Underflow
Instrument Air
3
Vacuum Box
Seal Water 4 6
Cake Wash
Belt Support
Pump
2
Return to CLOTH WASH TANK
Scrubber VACUUM PUMP
FILTRATE RECEIVER Seal Water to Vacuum Pump Process
5 Water
The thickened underflow begins to dewater as soon as it Small amounts of water lubricate the vacuum seals (about
reaches the belt. The unit can include a settling zone (with- 10 gpm), providing consistent vacuum.
out vacuum), initial vacuum zone, multiple washing stations,
and further dewatering after washing and discharge. Spent vacuum pump seal water washes the belt, cloth,
and cake to conserve water. The vacuum pump increases
Filtrate is drawn to the filtrate receiver and then pumped the temperature of the water by 20-50 degrees Fahrenheit,
to the next process step. improving washing and drying efficiency.
An air box supports the belt to reduce friction allowing the Spent cloth wash water and spent vacuum pump seal water
belt to ride on a cushion of air. WesTech also manufactures can be applied as cake wash water.
systems utilizing water slides and or wear belts for support
of the main transport belt.
Variations of this flowsheet including a counter-current cake wash can be employed depending
on particular needs and circumstances. The above description provides a good baseline for
the dewatering flow sheet.
WesTech
Process Equipment. Process Driven.
www.westech-inc.com
info@westech-inc.com
P.O. Box 65068,
Salt Lake City, Utah
84165-0068
WesTech Engineering, Inc. 2010