Deposition

The deposition as a mechanical separation process used to separate mixtures (eg. As emulsions , suspensions or aerosols ). The goal - which in practice often cannot be achieved - is the complete removal of one or more constituents of the mixture of substances. The separation device is also referred to as a separator .

Examples of separators

• Grease separators for restaurants and other food processing companies
• Oil separator in the drainage of gas stations
• Water separator for mist in air conditioning
• Oil separator in the compressed air supply
• Filters for dedusting
• Wet separator
• Oil mist separator
• Bag filter
• Air separator in milk tankers and milk reception in the dairy
• Magnetic separator in waste sorting

See also

• Stratification
• Sifter
• Deposition (disambiguation)
• CO ₂ capture and storage

literature

• M. Stieß: Mechanische Verfahrenstechnik 2 , Springer-Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 978-3-540-55852-1