Particle Classification by Multishaft Disk Separator

Particle classification by sieving filtration using rotating disk filters mounted on single and double hollow shafts was investigated. The shaft and disks were enclosed in a stainless steel housing. Parameters such as particle concentration, feed flow rate and rotation speed of the filter disk were investigated to study their influence on the filtrate flux rate and particle classification. The filtrate flux rate was not affected by increasing the particle concentration. The analyzed particle size distributions were found to be narrow when the particle concentration increased. Increasing the rotation speed of the shaft produced a narrow particle size distribution. Increasing the feed flow rate (enhanced filtration pressure difference) resulted in a wider particle size distribution, but beyond a certain point a cake will form.