(562b) Cross Flow Filtration of Alumina-Hydrocarbon Slurries
AIChE Annual Meeting
2010
2010 Annual Meeting
Separations Division
Solid/Fluid Separation Processes-Experimental and Theoretical Studies
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 3:40pm to 4:05pm
Cross flow filtration of slurries of alumina in hydrocarbon liquid (decane) is decribed. The steady cake formation process, transmenbrane diferential pressure, filtrate flux and filtrate quality (that is, the amount of fines in filtrate) is discussed.