A. Pressure drop & area of filtering surface
B. Resistance of the cake & the septum
C. Properties of the cake & the filtrate
D. None of these
Related Mcqs:
- The basic filtration equation is given as dt/dV = (μ/A ΔP). [(α .CV/A) + Rm], where, V is volume of the filtrate; A is the filtration area, a is specific cake resistance, μ is viscosity of the filtrate, and C is the concentration of the solids in the feed slurry. In a 20 minutes constant rate filtration, 5 m3 of filtrate was obtained. If this is followed by a constant pressure filtration, how much more time in minutes, it will take for another 5 m3 of filtrate to be produced? Neglect filter medium resistance, Rm; assume incompressible cake ?
A. 10
B. 20
C. 25
D. 30 - Filtration operation carried out by continuous increase of the inlet pressure of slurry, is called the _____________ filtration?
A. Constant rate
B. Varying pressure
C. Varying rate
D. Constant pressure - A centrifugal filtration unit operating at a rotational speed of w has inner surface of the liquid (density ρL) located at a radial distance R from the axis of rotation. The thickness of the liquid film is δ and no cake is formed. The initial pressure drop during filtration is ___________________?
A. ½w2 . R2 . ρL
B. ½w2 . δ2 . ρL
C. ½w2 . δρL (2R + δ)
D. ½w2 . R . ρL(R + 2δ) - The cake resistance increases steadily with the time of filtration in a plate and frame filter employing constant ______________ filtration?
A. Rate
B. Pressure
C. Both A. & B.
D. Neither A. nor B. - Angle of nip of the crushing rolls does not depend upon the_______________?
A. Diameter of the rolls
B. Speed of the rolls
C. Product size
D. Feed size - Grindability of a material does not depend upon its_____________________?
A. Elasticity
B. Hardness
C. Toughness
D. Size - During washing of filter at the end of constant pressure filtration, the rate of washing equals the rate of filtration___________________?
A. At time zero
B. At the end of filtration
C. When half the filtrate has been obtained
D. At the end of filtration, but decreases with time subsequently - Filtration capacity of a rotary drum vacuum filter depends upon the_______________?
A. Cake thickness
B. Characteristics of the feed slurry
C. Both A. & B.
D. Neither A. nor B. - The constants (Kb, Kr and Kk) used in the laws of crushing (i.e., Bond’s law, Rittinger’s law and Kick’s law) depend upon the_________________?
A. Feed material
B. Type of crushing machine
C. Both A. & B.
D. Neither A. nor B. - Filtration rate through a filter cake is proportional to (where, S = filtering surface R = specific cake resistance μ = viscosity of the filtrate) ?
A. S
B. 1/R
C. 1/μ
D. All A., B. & C.