Hindered systems and rheology - Chapter 6
Continuous thickener design tool and utilities
Online thickener design,
where you can enter your inputs and the simulation provides tabular data for the required thickener area, and diameter.
In accordance with the Coe and Clevenger approach to thickener design, the largest thickener area is recommended for the design.
In addition, there are sedimentation utilities for the calculation of the
free settling velocity of a particle using the input of particle diameter, and for the conversion between solids
concentration by weight (i.e. mass) and concentration by volume. The latter is used in the design models.
Hindered settling explanation
The video below illustrates hindered settling and what is taking place below the visible interface:
Answers to problems at the end of Chapter 6:
The questions on hindered settling require graphical and spreadsheet solutions, the answers are provided below
as pdf files:
Q1
Q2 and Q3
Q4
Further information can be found in the Frequently Asked Questions:
FAQ
Illustrations of sedimentation equipment
For pictures and illustrations of equipment used for solid liquid separation please go to Josh's web site: Engineering Aspects in Solid-Liquid Separation.
Sedimentation equipment suppliers
For an up-to-date list of sedimentation equipment suppliers please use the Google link below:Google search for sedimentation suppliers