Liquid/Solid Separation

Whether you need a simple, manually operated filter or a complete, automated, turnkey system, Mid-Atlantic Environmental Equipment, Inc offers several solutions for your process and waste treatment needs. The selection of liquid/solid separation equipment is based on gpm flow and solids loading. The chart below shows the general range of operation for each filter type.

Mid-Atlantic Environmental Equipment, Inc filter presses are specifically designed for high efficiency liquid solid separation. Filter presses are widely used by the chemical process, mining, food processing, petroleum, and hazardous waste treatment industries where cost effective solutions for severe duty, corrosive, continuous and high performance applications are imperative. A filter press is a batch filter. A hydraulic cylinder holds a series of plates together in a frame to form internal cavities for cake filtration. A slurry is pumped into the cavities which are lined with a filter cloth. Flow rate declines as pressure increases. Solids are collected and become a cake with various degrees of dryness. The hydraulic cylinder is retracted at the end of a cycle to allow cake from each chamber to drop out of the press. The illustration below shows the typical features of a filter press.

Mid-Atlantic Environmental Equipment, Inc offers a family of tubular type, in-line pressure filters used for the separation of suspended solids from a liquid stream. Each system is custom designed to meet your space, piping and process needs. Tubular filters are used as final polishing or pre-filters. They are often used in the chemical process, pulp & paper, oil & gas, utilities, industrial process and consumer products manufacturing industries. The basic building block is the tubular filter which consists of two parts: the outer housing and a removable reusable filter element. Arrangements range from single tube, manually cleaned filters to multiple tubes connected to common manifolds for inlet, outlet, backwash and drain. All systems are based on an engineered, in-line, tubular design that feeds unfiltered liquid upward and through the filter element. As flow continues, cake begins to build on the filter elements. Valves are actuated either manually or automatically and backwash removes the cake. The illustration below shows the typical features included in tubular filters.

Mid-Atlantic Environmental Equipment, Inc.'s sludge dryers are designed to accommodate your Batch disposal requirements. Dryers reduce sludge volume up to 75% and sludge weight up to 70%. This minimizes disposal cost. The illustration below shows the typical features of a sludge dryer.