WFC10 photo gallery home congress topics congress overview congress programme plenary lecture invited lectures scientific committee exhibition short courses course I course II course III course IV course V course VI plant tours registration info + fees leipzig + travel info organized city tours congress party press links supported by organizer + impress Hosted by Supported by		Short Course lV- Continuous Vacuum and Pressure Filters for Solid-Liquid Separation     The course is of interest to engineers, scientists, managers and other technical personnel involved in solid-liquid separation in the process and other industries. They will benefit from the course, regardless of whether they design, purchase or use filtration equipment or separation plants. Plant engineers, technicians and operators should find the files directly applicable, and starters in that field will value the expert introduction to the technologies. It is a comprehensive overview on the vacuum and pressure filtration processes used for the separation of solids from liquids, which will emphasise practical aspects and present appropriate theoretical information as necessary.       SCOPE: Technical overview Fundamentals of cake filtration, washing and dewatering Apparatus design and operation Filter media – slurry pretreatment Apparatus selection criteria Cost analysis       Schedule   8.30-9.10 h Introduction     Continuous cake filtration in the scheme of solid-liquid separation techniques   9.10-9.50 h Formation of Filter Cakes     kinetics, filter resistance, influencing parameters, bench scale tests   9.50-10.05 h Break   10.05-10.45 h Washing of Filter Cakes     Washing principles and mechanisms, washing procedures, limitations and deficiencies, bench scale tests   10.45-11.25 h Deliquoring of Filter Cakes     Mechanisms, kinetics and limits, capillary effects, bench scale tests   11.25-11.40 h Break   11.40-12.20 h Compressible Cake Filtration     Phenomena, kinetics of cake formation and consolidation, bench scale tests   12.20-14.00 h Slurry Pretreatment     Fractionation, thickening, body feed, defoaming, flocculation, etc.   13.00-14.00 h Lunch   14.00-14.40 h Continuous Vacuum filters     Drum filters, belt filters, disc filters, pan filters   14.40-15.20 h Continuous Pressure Filters     Drum and disc filters, steam pressure filters   15.20-15.35 h Break   15.35-16.15 h Selection Criteria - Competing Techniques     Various case studies for filters and products   16.55-17.10 h Break   17.10-17.50 h Filter Media     Types, structures, properties, testing, selection   17.50-18.00 h Summary, open questions     Follow-up activities         Course Presenters     Dr.-Ing. Harald Anlauf is senior scientist in the Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering at Karlsruhe Technical University. He is the past Chairman of the VDI-GVC-Working Party “Mechanical Liquid Separation”, Chairman of FILTECH Conference and present Chairman of INDEFI and WFC10. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Bott is founder and managing director of BOKELA GmbH, Karlsruhe. BOKELA is a leading and worldwide active company for mechanical process engineering and among others supplier of modern continuous vacuum and pressure filters.