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 V - Centrifuges for Solid-Liquid-, Liquid-Liquid- and 3-Phase-Separation     The course is focussing on engineers, scientists, managers and technical personnel involved in solid-liquid, liquid-liquid and 3-phase separation in the process- and other industries. Participants will benefit from the course, regardless of whether they design, purchase or use centrifugal separation equipment or design process-lines for separation. Plant engineers, technicians and operators should find files directly applicable and contributions to daily problem-solving; starters in the field of centrifugal separation will value the expert introduction to the technologies. The course provides a comprehensive overview on centrifugal separation steps and the equipment used for which it will emphasise practical aspects and present appropriate theoretical information as necessary.       SCOPE: Overview on centrifugal equipment used in industry Fundamentals of sedimentation in centrifuges Cake filtration in centrifuges Cake washing and dewatering Apparatus design and operation Apparatus selection criteria Process-applications       Schedule   8.30-9.00 h Introduction     Centrifuges in industrial applications; overview on technologies and equipment used   9.00-9.30 h Sedimentation Theory     Basics, applied centrifugal force, settling area, sedimentation regimes   9.30-10.15 h The Decanter     Working principle, clarification, dewatering regimes, 3-phase separation   10.15-10.30 h Break   10.30-11.00 h Processes Using a Decanter     From waste treatment to industrial biotechnology.   11.00-11.15 h Break   11.15-12.00 h The Separator     Working principle, fine particle separation, liquid-liquid separation, working with high solids load   12.00-12.30 h Processes Using a Separator     From fuel separation to pharmaceuticals   12.30-13.00 h Pretreatment of Suspensions     Flocculation, body feed, pH-alteration   13.00-14.00 h Lunch   14.00-14.30 h Filtration Theory     Basics, Applied Centrifugal Force, Filtration and Dewatering Mechanism   14.30-15.15 h Peeler Centrifuges     Working principle of discontinuous filtration centrifuge, filtration theory, cake washing and dewatering, heel cake removal   15.15-15.30 h Break   15.30-16.00 h Processes Using Peeler Centrifuges     From FGD-separation to pharmaceuticals   16.00-16.30 h Pusher Centrifuges and other Continuous Filtration Centrifuges     Working principles, filtration and dewatering   16.30-16.45 h Break   16.45-17.15 h Processes Using Pusher Centrifuges     Mining and minerals, salt separation, plastics and fibres   17.15-17.45 h Screen-Bowl Centrifuges     Coarse particles, high solids load continuous filtration   17.45-18.00 h Open Issues     What’s left to discuss ?         Course Presenters     Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Michael H. Kopf lectures Down-Stream Processing at Mannheim University and is process specialist of PIERALISI Deutschland GmbH, Eibelstadt and as well for the Application Centre Biofuels of PIERALISI Group, Italy. He is member of the VDI-GVC-Working Party “Mechanical Liquid Separation” Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Bruno Hegnauer is process specialist for filtration centrifuges and Head of the Innovation Management of the KMPT Group, Germany. He is member of the VDI-GVC-Working Party “Mechanical Liquid Separation”.