Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of filtering, more precisely the present invention concerns an apparatus and a method for the separation of dry matter from a medium and the use of said apparatus. One embodiment discloses an apparatus for the separation of dry matter from a medium, comprising a pressure regulated separation chamber defined, in cross section, by a plurality of rollers mounted between opposing sidewalls, each of said rollers having a shaft adapted to be engaged with the sidewalls, a filter arranged so that it passes between at least one set of said rollers consisting of a pore roller and one other roller, means for establishing a pressure difference across the filter, means for passing filter and filter cake through the set of rollers, and a closure mechanism configured to control the transverse tension between the rollers.
| Original language | English |
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| IPC | B01D33/044; B01D33/073; B01D33/37; B01D33/64 |
| Patent number | WO2014198907 |
| Filing date | 18/12/2014 |
| Country/Territory | International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) |
| Priority date | 13/06/2013 |
| Priority number | EP20130171833 |
| Publication status | Published - 18 Dec 2014 |