Inventors:
Robert L. Glover - Southlake TX
Robert E. Moser - Palo Alto CA
Frank Meserole - Austin TX
Carl Richardson - Round Rock TX
Gerard B. Maybach - Getzville NY
Gordon Maller - Louisville KY
Timothy Hanley - Holly Springs NC
Thomas King - Wyomissing PA
Assignee:
Electric Power Research Institute - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
B01D 6502
B01D 1712
Abstract:
A continuous filtration system for supplying an uninterrupted supply of filtrate from a solids-containing industrial process suitable for use by on-line automatic analyzers is provided. The continuous filtration system, which is particularly useful for filtering flue gas desulfurization process slurry to produce a solids-free filtrate for autoanalysis, includes a pair of filters connected in series which concurrently receive a tangential flow of slurry into the filter head that is discharged perpendicularly through a filtrate head. An automatic flushing system is provided to keep the filter membranes free of solid particles. An optional autoanalyzer for unfiltered slurry may also be included in the system.