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A study of scale-up methodologies for the filter cycle
thesis
posted on 2018-11-16, 11:14 authored by Jonathan N. PascoeThis project was a joint venture between Loughborough University, the academic
investigator, and ICI, the industrial sponsor. The aim was to develop and validate
filter cycle scale-up methodologies, based on laboratory experiments at Loughborough
and full-scale plant work at several ICI sites. Two ICI products, which experience
processing problems during filtration, were chosen for assessment. They were a
catalyst material (predominately iron oxide), processed by Synetix using rotary
vacuum filters (RVFs), and titanium dioxide (TiO2) processed by Tioxide using a
diaphragm filter press. A number of objectives were originally highlighted: (1) to develop and validate scale-up methodologies for a pressure filter and vacuum filter; (2) to develop models required to provide accurate predictions of filter performance; (3) to produce PC simulations of RVF and diaphragm filter press; (4) to produce reliable filter cycle data for process feeds of interest to ICI. [Continues.]
Funding
ICI plc.
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Chemical Engineering
Publisher
© Jonathan PascoePublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2000Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en