Vacuum Filtration with a Pan Filter

BoVac Pan filter – with a horizontal filter surface for ideal filter cake washing.

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Vacuum Filtration with a Pan Filter

BoVac Pan filter – with a horizontal filter surface for ideal filter cake washing.

BoVac Pan filters offer economical solutions in the filtration and washing of coarse-grained and rapidly sedimenting suspensions. They feature innovative details and the excellent hydraulics characteristics of BOKELA filters. BoVac Pan filters define a new standard for this type of vacuum rotary filters.

Pan filters with their horizontally arranged filter surface are particularly suited for filter cake washing. Therefore, they are preferably used for the filtration and washing of coarse-grained and rapidly sedimenting suspensions.

The BoVac Pan filters define a new standard for this rotary filter type. Many special features and innovations make our filter series unique, such as the "Forced Feeding" system for even slurry distribution or the "Quick Drainage Cell" design for a particularly sharp separation of the filtrate streams. The innovative design is the reason for the high performance, the reliable operation and the easy maintenance.

BoVac Pan filters are available with different pan diameters and filter areas from 16 m² to 68 m².

Applications of the BoVac Pan filter:

BOKELA pan filters convince with outstanding results:

high throughput
clean solids through intensive cake washing in up to 3-stage countercurrent wash
minimal need for wash liquid
sharp separation of mother and wash filtrate
low residual moisture
complete cake removal even at higher speeds
high availability
BOKELA FrameTrak (optional) – the innovative method for quick and easy filter cloth fixation

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Vacuum Filtration with a Pan Filter

BoVac Pan filter – with a horizontal filter surface for ideal filter cake washing.

Innovative design
High throughput & low residual moisture
Clean filter cakes
Automatic filter operation
Easy maintenance & high availability
Technical data

Innovative design

BoVac Pan filters have a hydraulically optimized design with many special features and innovations:

even, homogeneous filter cake over the entire pan surface due to a special "forced feeding" system
cake washing system for up to 3-stage countercurrent washing
steaming zone with condensate wash
sophisticated steam hood for efficient dewatering
complete cake removal even at higher speeds due to well-dimensioned and height-adjustable discharge screw
effective heel removal by multi-stage slurrying
automatic operation through well-proven control philosophy
high availability of over 95 %
innovations like
- filter cells with "Quick Drainage Cell" design for accelerated emptying of the cells and particularly sharp separation of the various filtrate streams
- BOKELA FrameTrak – an innovative method of filter cloth fixation
  BOKELA FrameTrak makes it possible to quickly and easily fix and replace the filter cloth for each cell separately. BOKELA FrameTrak drastically reduces the risk of injury to operating personnel as well as the risk of cloth damage.

High throughput & low residual moisture

The hydraulically optimized BoVac Pan filter design ensures minimal pressure loss. Thus, a maximum pressure difference is available for filtration and cake dewatering. BoVac Pan filters are therefore characterized by high solids throughputs and low residual moisture in the filter cake.

Benefits:

low investment costs through the use of smaller or fewer filter units
better product quality due to good washing and low residual moisture
low energy consumption and low operating costs through efficient use of resources such as electricity, vacuum and wash liquid
lower energy requirement with regard to subsequent thermal treatment.

Clean filter cakes

The homogeneous wash water distribution and the sharp separation of the filtrate streams allow intensive washing of the filter cake with minimal use of wash liquid.

Benefits:

clean filter cakes due to up to 3-stage countercurrent washing
25% less washing fluid requirement
optional steaming zone with steam cabin allows further increase in washing efficiency and reduction of residual moisture

Automatic filter operation

BoVac Pan filters work in automatic mode. Speed control via cake thickness measurement ensures safe operation and optimum operating results.

Easy maintenance & high availability

BoVac Pan filters are reliable in operation, are characterized by a high availability of over 95 % and are easy to maintain. Operating and maintenance costs are correspondingly low. The main reasons for this are:

long filter cloth lifetime and 2-3 times longer intervals between cleaning cycles due to online heel removal
maintenance-free cake washing system without nozzles
maintenance-friendly design e.g. by:
- swivelling filtrate pipes that allow easy and quick access to the control head
- easy removal of the discharge screw as a complete unit
- BOKELA FrameTrak

Technical data

Filter Type [–]	XXS16	XS25	S34	M43	L54	XL68
Pan Diameter [m]	4.8	5.8	6.7	7.7	8.6	9.6
Filter Area [m²]	16	25	34	43	54	68
No. of filter cells [–]	16	16	16	24	24	24

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The Moisture Content is Pivotal to Selling.

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Dewatering of Quartz Sand

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Dehumidification

Low residual moisture is important for the further processing of the filter cake. With mechanical drying, an intelligent filter design and the right operation mode, production costs can be considerably reduced.

Filter Cake Washing

Filter cake is the name for the solids filtered from a suspension and collected at the surface of the filter medium. The washing of the filter cake is essential to the purity of the filtered solids and thus, for the reusability.

Solid Separation

Solid separation is the first process step with regard to separating solids from fluids. The driving force behind the process is the pressure difference with which the suspension flows through the filter medium.