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    The document discusses the process of cake washing to remove unwanted substances and increase purity of solids. Cake washing involves washing the filter cake with a liquid to recover desired substances and remove mother liquor. One effective method is countercurrent washing, where wash liquid is reused across multiple stages to optimize consumption. Key requirements for effective countercurrent cake washing include a homogeneous cake, optimal wash liquid distribution, rapid filtrate drainage, and a reasonable number of filter cells.

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    The document discusses the process of cake washing to remove unwanted substances and increase purity of solids. Cake washing involves washing the filter cake with a liquid to recover desired substances and remove mother liquor. One effective method is countercurrent washing, where wash liquid is reused across multiple stages to optimize consumption. Key requirements for effective countercurrent cake washing include a homogeneous cake, optimal wash liquid distribution, rapid filtrate drainage, and a reasonable number of filter cells.

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    The document discusses the process of cake washing to remove unwanted substances and increase purity of solids. Cake washing involves washing the filter cake with a liquid to recover desired substances and remove mother liquor. One effective method is countercurrent washing, where wash liquid is reused across multiple stages to optimize consumption. Key requirements for effective countercurrent cake washing include a homogeneous cake, optimal wash liquid distribution, rapid filtrate drainage, and a reasonable number of filter cells.

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    Four Process Steps, One Goal: Clean Products

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    The document discusses the process of cake washing to remove unwanted substances and increase purity of solids. Cake washing involves washing the filter cake with a liquid to recover desired substances and remove mother liquor. One effective method is countercurrent washing, where wash liquid is reused across multiple stages to optimize consumption. Key requirements for effective countercurrent cake washing include a homogeneous cake, optimal wash liquid distribution, rapid filtrate drainage, and a reasonable number of filter cells.

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    PROCESS STEPS

    Four process steps, one goal: clean products.

    CAKE WASHING

    The washing of filter cakes is a process operation of great importance, as the requirements
    for the purity of products steadily increase. It is important to ensure a high washing
    efficiency with low wash liquor consumption and a sharp filtrate separation in order to
    minimize the costs of energy and washing liquid.

    In many cases, the filter cake formed is washed with a washing liquid. The purpose of a filter
    cake wash is to remove unwanted substances from the filter cake in order to increase the
    purity of the solids or to recover desired substances. The recovered filtrate, the so-called
    wash filtrate can either be separated or removed together with the mother liquor. If the
    mother liquor is the desired product, in most cases it should not be diluted with the washing
    liquid.

    One effective method of optimizing wash liquor consumption is countercurrent washing


    because the wash liquid is reused in multiple washing stages. The fresh washing liquid is

    BOKELA GmbH Tel. +49 721 96456-0


    Tullastr. 64 Fax +49 721 96456-10
    76131 Karlsruhe info@bokela.com
    Germany bokela.com
    added to the last washing stage, in which the filter cake is already prewashed. The wash
    filtrate from each stage is collected separately and returned to the previous wash step. The
    washing medium is thus moved on the filter cake against the direction of rotation of the filter.
    The sharper the separation of the wash filtrate in each wash step, the more efficient the use
    of the fresh wash liquid in the last step and the less wash liquid is needed.

    The main requirements for effective countercurrent cake washing on rotary filters are:

    homogeneous filter cake, to prevent washing liquid from flowing through few large pores
    without any washing effect (fingering)
    an optimal washing water distribution over the filter cake
    rapid and complete filtrate drainage from filter cells and filtrate pipes to prevent carryover
    of filtrate to the next process zone
    a reasonable number of filter cells, which allow for a precise distribution of the process
    zones.

    A particularly intensive washing of filter cakes is achieved with BoHiBar steam pressure
    filtration. In this hybrid process, the filter cake is steamed in a special steam hood. It forms a
    "condensate front", which flows through the filter cake and thereby ensures an intensive
    displacement of the mother liquor.

    BOKELA GmbH Tel. +49 721 96456-0


    Tullastr. 64 Fax +49 721 96456-10
    76131 Karlsruhe info@bokela.com
    Germany bokela.com
    BOKELA GmbH Tel. +49 721 96456-0
    Tullastr. 64 Fax +49 721 96456-10
    76131 Karlsruhe info@bokela.com
    Germany bokela.com

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