Recent Developments in Research and Machinery of Solid–Liquid Separation Processes

Abstract

Separation of particles from liquids is an extremely widespread problem, which has to be solved under very different aspects in nearly all industrial production processes, in environmental protection, in water purification, and every day in our personal lives. The very different nature of separation problems has led to the development of a large number of mechanical separation principles. Although a lot of successful research work has been done in the past, there are still today many open questions left about process understanding and calculation. After a systematic view to the different physical principles of mechanical solid–liquid separation processes, some recent developments are discussed more in detail.

Keywords:

• Centrifugation
• Development
• Filtration
• Mechanical separation
• Research
• Solid–liquid separation