Solid/liquid separaton plant design - equipment selection by computer software

Within the broad area of solid/liquid separation and plant design, the purpose of this paper is to provide guidance on what form of small scale tests and results analysis are appropriate for the selection of equipment. Through a knowledge of elementary experimental data, selection charts and an expert system approach, it is shown how interactive software can be used to identify and rank potentially suitable separation equipment. Both basic and more sophisticated examples of equipment selection are presented and additional tables indicate how ranked equipment can be further shortlisted for further investigation.