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Vacuum pump contamination
Greetings, We have a vacuum drying process which in which a slurry is dried in a reactor to a powder. The problem is that aerosols/dust (sized <10 micron) during the drying go past the filters on the reactor and into the vacuum pump system, leaving a tar like substance that requires a lot of...- NevaKee
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- Forum: Chemical plant design & operations
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Backed up flame arrestor
Hi, We have a agitated nutsche filter process where some particles/aerosols (2-10 µm) slip through the dust filters and clog the flame arrestors placed before the vacuum pumps. This requires extensive maintenance on the pumps that we are looking to reduce. I'm thinking of a inlet system that...- NevaKee
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- Forum: Pump engineering
