Application of Separation Techniques & Full Containment
Image source Process engineers devote their time to finding the appropriate application of separation techniques. There's need for effective solid-liquid separation, cake washing, and drying steps across industries. In many chemical and pharmaceutical processes, the production operations are further complicated by the nature of the process, especially if the process is air-sensitive or toxic. The solid-liquid separation step may be accomplished by pressure, vacuum, or centrifugation in a…
Real World Examples of Particle and Cake Formation Influences
Image source Process engineers might love it if all of the filtration technology solutions they developed ran flawlessly, at all times, under all conditions. But, this isn’t realistic. Something might go wrong with the filtration mechanism itself. A change in the environment — upstream or downstream — could cause problems with particle or cake formation. Even the smallest shift in the operation process or procedure can prompt the dreaded phone call to the engineer: “the filtration system isn’t…