. Cane sugar; a textbook on the agriculture of the sugar cane, the manufacture of cane sugar, and the analysis of sugar-house products. The Sweetland Leaf Filter Plate The Kelly Filter Press. FILTRATION 305 the cakes to be discharged and the cloths to be washed. As in the Kellypress, only one joint is to be made. The filtering elements are formed ofwire frames covered with cloth. It also is widely used in American beetsugar practice. The advantages of the two presses lie in their labour-savingopportunities. They do not add an\ new principle to the art of filtration. Sand Filters.—Of the
. Cane sugar; a textbook on the agriculture of the sugar cane, the manufacture of cane sugar, and the analysis of sugar-house products. The Sweetland Leaf Filter Plate The Kelly Filter Press. FILTRATION 305 the cakes to be discharged and the cloths to be washed. As in the Kellypress, only one joint is to be made. The filtering elements are formed ofwire frames covered with cloth. It also is widely used in American beetsugar practice. The advantages of the two presses lie in their labour-savingopportunities. They do not add an\ new principle to the art of filtration. Sand Filters.—Of the various types of sand filter, that due to Abraham(patent 27629 of 1902), shown in Fig. 181, has been most used in the canesugar industr}. The filtering elements consist of a number of conical ironrings, a, piled vertically on one another and concentric Mith an uprightvertical cylinder, b. The sand fills the spaces between the rings and aroundthe cylinder. The material to be filtered enters at c, passes through thesand and is withdrawn at d. The sand whenfoul is discharged through a door and washedin running water, which carries off the in-tercepted matter. Bagasse
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