Separation fundamentals
How to select an industrial centrifuge
A centrifuge should be selected from the separation duty, not from a single flow-rate value.
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KNOWLEDGE / 01
Separation fundamentals
Understand what can be separated, which product matters and why different centrifuges exist. Start with phase behaviour before narrowing the equipment family.
4 independent guides. Use the explanations and worked examples to define a question for your project. Record the feed, the target and the evidence required before comparing a model.
Separation fundamentals
Filtration versus sedimentation centrifuges
Filtration and sedimentation separate by different mechanisms.
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Separation fundamentals
Particle-size distribution: the missing selection input
An average particle size rarely describes enough of a slurry to select a centrifuge.
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Separation fundamentals
Suspended solids versus dissolved solids: what a centrifuge can separate
A centrifuge separates distinct phases under suitable conditions; it does not directly remove molecules that remain dissolved in a single liquid phase.
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