What Are Separators?
Separators are a general term for equipment that separates substances from an aggregate. There are many possible combinations of aggregates, substances to be separated, separation methods, and scale, and they are being manufactured in response to demand in the industrial world.
Separators are available in a wide variety of forms of aggregates, properties and sizes of substances to be separated, etc., even when only the method of separation is considered, and the technology to achieve this is constantly evolving, including the use of the latest technology.
For example, separators for separating unwanted oily substances from liquids containing oily substances are manufactured using the filter method. This method separates by the size of the substance particles, and the centrifugal force-based method, which separates by mass.
Applications of Separators
Separators are used in a wide range of applications and fields, including oil-water separators, air separators, blood separators, and magnetic separators, just to name a few.
Of particular note are the environment-related fields in which Separators are used, which may be called a technology that reflects the social background required at the time for the future.
Separators also play a major role in the industrial world. Industries that handle raw materials are in desperate need of improving the purity of required substances, which is also the basis for improving manufacturing quality, and separators are indispensable for eliminating unwanted substances.
Principle of Separators
Separators are used in a variety of separation mechanisms, the types and characteristics of which are listed below.
- Separation by Centrifuge
This separation method has been used for a long time and separates substances according to differences in their mass. Because it involves rotation, it is not suitable for shock-sensitive materials. - Solid-Liquid Separation Based on Sieving
This separation method has also been used for a long time and depends on the processing accuracy of the material to be “sieved.” - Separation by Adsorbent
This method requires the development of materials that can adsorb the substance to be separated, and is suitable for the separation of organic compounds, which have recently been developed remarkably. - Gasification and Separation by Thermal Decomposition
This is an effective method for organic solvents, etc., and is suitable for separation of waste oil, etc., because heating is a prerequisite. - Separation Using Magnetic Attraction
Effective for high-precision separation of fine sludge from industrial waste, etc. - Separation by Filter
Although it depends on the performance of the filter used, the development of filters is constantly advancing, and following the principle of supply and demand, it may be only a matter of time before a filter that is in demand becomes available.