Patent ID: 8962906
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. A process for separating at least a portion of one or more substantially solid components from a solid-liquid stream comprising said one or more substantially solid components and one or more substantially liquid components, said process comprising: a. contacting an immiscible fluid with one or both of at least a portion of said solid-liquid stream, or at least a portion of said one or more substantially solid components; b. passing at least a portion of said one or more substantially liquid components and at least a portion of said immiscible fluid through at least one filter in a filtration zone of a filter column apparatus and forming a filtrate comprising said substantially liquid component and said immiscible fluid, thus leaving an enriched product stream comprising said one or more substantially solid components; and c. passing the enriched product stream to a substantially enclosed reslurry zone of the filter column apparatus; wherein said filtration zone and said substantially enclosed reslurry zone are separated by a barrier wall.