b) A rotary lter is used to deposit a solid cake on the outside of a rotating porous belt by continuously pulling a vacuum through the belt. The...

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3. b) A rotary filter is used to deposit a solid cake on the outside of a rotating porous belt bycontinuously pulling a vacuum through the belt. The filter rotates at an angular velocity 9and has a radius R. The solution subtends an angle 14; as shown in the figure. The purpose of this problem is to construct a model equation to predict the rate of solid product fed to theconveyer belt as a filnction of the system parameters. Assume that the bottom slurry pan of the filter contains a uniform suspension of the solid atconcentration Cs g solid/cm3. The porous belt on the filter may be assumed to be a perfect filter, i.e., no solid is passed through the belt. The permeation velocity vp (cm/s) through thefilter cake is given by Darcy’s law v k‘ 2 APp 6+t Where In and 5 are constants, Ap is the pressure drop across the filter cake which is constantand t is the thickness of the cake. You may assume that the cake is deposited at a constant porosity e. Derive by a shell balance the differential equation that governs the thickness of the cake as afilnction of the angle 9. From the solution to the model equation developed in (a) show how to calculate the amountof solid produced as a fimction of operating and system parameters. Feed Slurry Q; :9I/ \\0Solution Level Return toslurry tank Conveyor to dryer