Prob. 1.

Screen analysis of ‘feed’, ‘oversize’ and ‘undersize’ of a material obtained by a vibrating 48-mesh
screen when new and after 3 months’ use is given in table below. What is the effectiveness of screen when (a)
new and (b) old?

Prob. 2: In a mixture of quartz (sp.gr = 2.65) and galena (sp.gr = 7.5), the size of the particles range from
0.0002 cm to 0.001 cm. On separation in a hydraulic classifier using water under free settling conditions, what
are the size ranges of quartz and galena in the pure products? (Viscosity of water = 0.001 kg/m.s; density = 1000
kg/m3).
Data:Density of quartz( sa) = 2650 kg/m3, Density of galena( sb) = 7500 kg/m3, Particle size range(Dmin to
Dmax): 0.0002 cm to 0.001 cm, Viscosity of water( ) = 0.001 kg/m.sec, Density of water( ) = 1000 kg/m3

3.A rotary filter which operates at a fixed vacuum gives a desired rate of filtration of a slurry when rotating at
0.033 Hz. By suitable treatment of the filter cloth with a filter aid, its effective resistance is halved and the
required filtration rate is now achieved at a rotational speed of 0.0167 Hz (1 rpm). If, by further treatment, it is
possible to reduce the effective cloth resistance to a quarter of the original value, what rotational speed is
required? If the filter is now operated again at its original speed of 0.033 Hz, by what factor will the filtration
rate be increased?

4. A rotary filter, operating at 0.03 Hz, filters at the rate of 0.0075 m3/s. Operating under the same vacuum and
neglecting the resistance of the filter cloth, at what speed must the filter be operated to give a filtration rate of
0.0160 m3/s?

5. A plate and frame press gave a total of 8 m3 of filtrate in 1800 s and 11.3 m3 in 3600 s when filtration was
stopped. Estimate the washing time if 3 m3 of wash water is used.
The resistance of the cloth may be neglected and a constant pressure is used throughout.

6. for a Plate and frame filter press, operated at constant pressure the relation between the volume of filtrate and
V and the time in operation t is as follows: V2 = 6.25x104( t + 0.11). Where V is cubic metre of filtrate delivered
in filtering time t hours.
The cake formed in each cycle must be washed with an amount of water equal to 1/16 th times the volume of
filtrate delivered per cycle. The washing rate remains constant and is equal to1/4 th ot the filtrate delivery rate at
the end of filtration. The time required per cycle for dismantling, dumping and reassembling of the press is 6.0
hours.
Under the conditions where the preceding information applies, determine the total cycle time necessary to
permit the maximum output of filtrate during each 24 hours.

7. The filtration equation for filtration at a constant pressure of 266.8 k Pa is

, where t is in s, I1p in psia, and V in liters. The specific resistance of the cake is
independent of pressure. If the filtration is run at a constant rate of 10 liters/s, how long will it take to reach 50 psia?

8. A batch settling test on a slurry gave the following results, where the height z in meters between the clear liquid and
the suspended solids is given at time I hours.
The original slurry concentration is 250 kg/m3 of slurry. Determine the velocities of settling and concentrations and
make a plot of velocity versus concentration

9. A batch centrifugal filter has a bowl height b = 0,457 m and r2= 0:381 m and operates at 33.33 rev/s at 25.0°C. The
filtrate is essentially water. At a given time in the cycle the slurry and cake formed have the following properties.
Cs= 60.0 kg solids/m ) filtrate, ε= 0.82, ρP = 2002 kg solids/m , cake thickness = 0.152 m, α = 6.38 X 10
3 3 10
m/kg,
10 -1
Rm = 8.53 x 10 m , r I = 0.2032 m. Calculate the rate of filtrate flow.

10. Quartz having a specific gravity of 2.65 and hematite having a specific gravity of 5.1 are present in a mixture of
particles. It is desired to separate them by a sink-and-float method using a suspension of fine particles of ferrosilicon
having a specific gravity of 6.7 in water. At what consistency in vol % ferrosilicon solids in water should the medium
be maintained for the separation?