Records A., Sutherland K. Decanter Centrifuge Handbook

Elsevier Science Ltd., 2001. — 421 p., ISBN: 185617-369-0The decanter centrifuge is a device for continuously separating particulate solids from a suspending liquid or liquids by sedimentation and decanting. As such, it is part of the general range of sedimenting, filtering and other mechanical equipment used for separation processes. A distinguished range of books exists that describes this complete spectrum of equipment, and the processes by which they operate. A previous book covers the whole range of centrifuges, both sedimenting (like the decanter) and filtering, but this is the first book to deal solely with the solid-bowl, scroll-discharge centrifuge, which is the decanter.The book is intended to aim the people for whom decanters are part of their research, their studies, or of their proffessional life. It will be of great value in undergraduate courses on separation and filtration, and will also offer the practising engineers in end-user companies much that is of direct value to the everyday job of designing, operating or specifying this sophisticatedly engineered, but so useful piece of processing equipment. In addition, it will find use in many research establishments and equipment manufacturers' engineering departments, because it provides the comprehensive guidance on basic opeating and design features, some in quite a regular use and someonly recently introduced to the world market.Decanter Design
Applications
Decanter Theory
Flocculation
Test Work and Data
Calculations and Scaling
Instrumentation and Control
The Decanter Market
Suppliers' Data
Glossary of Terms