Studies on pulp separation from raw juice by crosscurrent filtration

For various reasons, little use is made at present of pulp separation from the raw juice, although it offers several technological advantages. Multistage filtration is presented as a suitable procedure for pulp separation from the raw juice. The paper discusses the results of large-scale tests of a functional model in respect of filter performance, solid concentration, solid composition, and degree of separation, as well as the implications for the management of tower diffusers.