The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for washing a crude lignin slurry (5) formed from plant based raw material, wherein the method comprises separating a soluble carbohydrate containing fraction (10) from the crude lignin slurry (5) by using displacement washing in at least one solid-liquid separation stage (6) so that the crude lignin slurry is prepressed, washed and pressed, and recovering a solid fraction (11) and the soluble carbohydrate containing fraction (10). Further, the invention relates to the soluble carbohydrate containing fraction and the solid fraction, and their uses.

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for washing a crude lignin slurry (5) formed from plant based raw material, wherein the method comprises separating a soluble carbohydrate containing fraction (10) from the crude lignin slurry (5) by using displacement washing in at least one solid-liquid separation stage (6) so that the crude lignin slurry is prepressed, washed and pressed, and recovering a solid fraction (11) and the soluble carbohydrate containing fraction (10). Further, the invention relates to the soluble carbohydrate containing fraction and the solid fraction, and their uses.

A solid-liquid separation device of the present invention is a solid-liquid separation device, in which a filtration belt (1), a seal belt (8), and a squeezing belt (15) are wound around an outer circumference of a separation roll (7) rotated in a circumferential direction and are able to run along a rotational direction of the separation roll (7), an object (P) to be processed supplied between the filtration belt (1) and the seal belt (8) is sandwiched between the filtration belt (1) and the seal belt (8) on the outer circumference of the separation roll (7) and squeezed by the squeezing belt (15), and the object (P) to be processed is dehydrated by being ventilated by ejecting a ventilation gas toward a radially outer side of the separation roll (7) via a ventilation gas chamber (10) formed in an inner circumferential portion of the separation roll (7), in which the seal belt (8) is a woven fabric of multifilament or a woven fabric obtained by combination of multifilament and monofilament and is a thinner than the squeezing belt (15).

A solid-liquid separation device of the present invention is a solid-liquid separation device, in which a filtration belt (1), a seal belt (8), and a squeezing belt (15) are wound around an outer circumference of a separation roll (7) rotated in a circumferential direction and are able to run along a rotational direction of the separation roll (7), an object (P) to be processed supplied between the filtration belt (1) and the seal belt (8) is sandwiched between the filtration belt (1) and the seal belt (8) on the outer circumference of the separation roll (7) and squeezed by the squeezing belt (15), and the object (P) to be processed is dehydrated by being ventilated by ejecting a ventilation gas toward a radially outer side of the separation roll (7) via a ventilation gas chamber (10) formed in an inner circumferential portion of the separation roll (7), in which the seal belt (8) is a woven fabric of multifilament or a woven fabric obtained by combination of multifilament and monofilament and is a thinner than the squeezing belt (15).

This invention relates to a sieving apparatus and method for separating solid particles above a predetermined size from a fluid by carrying the solids-containing fluid across at least one sieving cloth in a frame connected to a shaking device for providing shaking motion. The sieving apparatus includes an inlet portion for receiving solids-containing fluid, a discharge portion for solids that have been carried across the at least one sieving cloth and an outlet portion for fluid that has passed through the sieving cloth. The sieving apparatus further includes at least one endless sieving cloth arranged for rotating around at least two spaced-apart turning-rollers, at least one being connected to a motor, and a pumping device in fluid communication with a suction nozzle located proximate an underside of the endless sieving cloth between two of the turning-rollers, to produce a fluid flow through at least a portion of the endless sieving cloth.

This invention relates to a sieving apparatus and method for separating solid particles above a predetermined size from a fluid by carrying the solids-containing fluid across at least one sieving cloth in a frame connected to a shaking device for providing shaking motion. The sieving apparatus includes an inlet portion for receiving solids-containing fluid, a discharge portion for solids that have been carried across the at least one sieving cloth and an outlet portion for fluid that has passed through the sieving cloth. The sieving apparatus further includes at least one endless sieving cloth arranged for rotating around at least two spaced-apart turning-rollers, at least one being connected to a motor, and a pumping device in fluid communication with a suction nozzle located proximate an underside of the endless sieving cloth between two of the turning-rollers, to produce a fluid flow through at least a portion of the endless sieving cloth.

Aspects of the present application relate to dewatering methods, systems, apparatus, and associated components thereof. In one implementation, a plow for a sludge dewatering system includes a blade. The blade includes a leading edge, and a first wing swept downward in a vertical direction and outward in a first horizontal direction relative to the leading edge. The blade also includes a second wing swept downward in the vertical direction and outward in a second horizontal direction relative to the leading edge. The second horizontal direction is opposite of the first horizontal direction.

Aspects of the present application relate to dewatering methods, systems, apparatus, and associated components thereof. In one implementation, a plow for a sludge dewatering system includes a blade. The blade includes a leading edge, and a first wing swept downward in a vertical direction and outward in a first horizontal direction relative to the leading edge. The blade also includes a second wing swept downward in the vertical direction and outward in a second horizontal direction relative to the leading edge. The second horizontal direction is opposite of the first horizontal direction.

A detachable wear strip for an endless seal belt of a vacuum belt filter device is configured to be arranged in a first groove of a guide part between the endless seal belt and the guide part, wherein the endless seal belt is configured to run in the first groove in contact with a low pressure side of an endless moving filter belt of the vacuum belt filter device, wherein the guide part being arranged between a vacuum box of a vacuum arrangement and the low pressure side, and wherein by the vacuum arrangement being configured to produce a suction at a low pressure side of the endless moving filter belt at a working zone of the vacuum belt filter device.

A detachable wear strip for an endless seal belt of a vacuum belt filter device is configured to be arranged in a first groove of a guide part between the endless seal belt and the guide part, wherein the endless seal belt is configured to run in the first groove in contact with a low pressure side of an endless moving filter belt of the vacuum belt filter device, wherein the guide part being arranged between a vacuum box of a vacuum arrangement and the low pressure side, and wherein by the vacuum arrangement being configured to produce a suction at a low pressure side of the endless moving filter belt at a working zone of the vacuum belt filter device.