1. Using the Leef-Test method (Fig. 1-1), the experiments were conducted for the 54 conditions shown on Table 2-1. The limit filtrate volume V
n and the elimination rate S which were calculated from the equations (1-18) and (1-1), tnd the final dried weight of filtration cake were determined.
2. The initial density Wo had a large deviation (Table 2-1) which was caused by the differences of the waste property and also by the fact that the sample was prepared on the raw waste bases instead of dry matter waste. Since only on experimeat was done for each experimental condition because of the numerous experimental conditions, the results were compared by the average values for each experimental condition (Fig. 2-1-6).
3. For the filter media less than 246μ, V
n was considerably decreased (Fig. 2-1) while S was slightly increased (Fig. 2-2). Corelations between V
n, S and suction pressure P
f were small but S was inclined to increase with decrease of the pressures though V was slightly decreased. Therefore the low pressure appeared to be the proper condition (Fig. 2-3, 4). W
cn. had the same tendency as V
n. Difficulties exist in the practical use of W
cn less than 0.03 [gf/cm
2] and the sieve clearance less than 246μ.
4. The authors experimented the effect of rice hull charcoal as a filtration assistant using three different methods of; (A) Bodyfeed method, (B) Pre-coat method and (C) combination of (A) and (B). Since S was slightly increased and V
n and W
on were 5 to 8 times as big as the case of the single filter without hull charcoal (Fig. 2-1, 3, 5). It was recognized that (B) and (C) methods were available for practical uses.
5. The experiments of 246μ filter medium were carried out under various W
o and P
f conditions. V
n was exponentially decreased with increase of W
o (Fig. 2-7) while S was nearly constant (Fig. 2-8) and W
cn was slightly increased (Fig. 2-9).
6) The experiment of 74μ filter medium with hull charcoal by (C) method was carried out under the same condition as (5). In this experiment, V
n became 3 to 4 times larger than the case of (5). Decrease of V
n was small even for high concentration of W
o (Fig. 2-10). S was almost constant increasing slightly (Fig. 2-11). The effect of hull charcorl in terms of the increase of W
cn was most prominent for high concentration W
o (Fig. 2-12).
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