Tube Settlers / Lamella Settler
There are in broad terms two methods of separating solids by gravity from a slurry :
- Deep depth sedimentation
- Shallow depth sedimentation
The first lamella clarifiers date back to early 1900 consisting of a bundle of tubes and inclined plate lamella settlers were introduced around 1970 and are commonly used in clarification processes such as:
- Water following physical-chemical treatment.
- Tailings in mining and metallurgical beneficiation.
- Solutions from gold leaching processes.
- Wet scrubbing effluents.
- Effluent treatment in pulp and paper mills.
- Filter backwash.
To better understand the operating principle of a Lamella Settler Plant the animation on the left demonstrates two cylinders that are filled with the same suspension with one positioned straight up representing a conventional clarifier and the other tilted at an angle representing an inclined plate settler. As may be seen in the animation it takes longer for the solids to reach ultimate density on the deep path of a clarifier in comparison to the shallow path of a Lamella Settler.
The Area of a Clarifier vs a Lamella Settler
As mentioned in the introduction gravity settlers are sized on the basis of two parameters, upflow rate of the liquid and settling area, so under equal conditions the effective area for both clarifiers and lamella settlers is the same. On a clarifier the settling area is the tank surface and on lamella settlers it is the total area of the inclined plates projected on a horizontal surface.
This reduces the footprint of lamella settlers by about 90% as compared to clarifiers and consequently less land is required.
Operating Description
The Lamella Settler Plant consists of 4 major compartments positioned along a rectangular settler tank with an inclined backside at a slope of 45-60 degrees.
The sections are :
- A central slurry feed launder with a feed connection.
- Two plate pack compartments with overflow launders that straddle the feed launder. Each stack consists of a set of plates at an inclination of 45-60 degrees and a clearance of 5-10 cm depending on the volume and sliding characteristics of the settling sludge as it enters hindrance.
- Two overflow launders that connect to a box or a manifold with an overflow connection positioned across the tank.
- A sludge hopper at the bottom of the settler tank with an outlet connection.
The slurry enters through the feed inlet and directed down and sideways towards the two plate stack compartments. As the slurry reaches the bottom end of the inclined plates stack it turns upwards and enters between the parallel plates in a laminar flow pattern. Here the free settling solid particles thicken to a sludge that slides down the plates while the gradually clarifying liquid moves up in a counter-current pattern. When the clear liquid reaches the to top of the compartment it flows through orifices that ensure even distribution of the flow across all the lamella plates.
We offer Lamella Plate Clarifier to achieve solid-liquid separation by directing the liquid between a series of inclined plates called lamella. To its horizontal projection the settling surface of each plate is equivalent. Having up to ten times the clarification area of a conventional circular settling tank stacking the inclined plates results in the separator occupying the same floor space. In other words, for the same liquid flow, the Lamella Plate Clarifier would occupy 1/10th the floor area of a conventional clarifier.
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