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Table IV

Separation indexes at drainage.

Technical specifications Slurry Separation index (%)2



Filter pore Filtration Origin1 Dry matter Volume Dry N-total NH4-N P-total Reference
size (mm) time (min) (%) matter
Mean 23 44 27 23 34
(standard deviation) (16) (27) (17) (19) (21)
0.1 (x) P 1.5–5.4 25 50 33 28 34 Holmberg et al., 1983
0.1 (4*x) P 1.5–5.4 45 67 51 47 59 Holmberg et al., 1983
0.11 120 P 6.3 87 53 Vadas, 2006
0.5 P 1.8 17 5 3 Pieters et al., 1999
0.8 P 1.5 18 Hegg et al., 1981
2.5 (x) P 1.5–5.4 1 11 3 3 2 Holmberg et al., 1983
2.5 (4*x) P 1.5–5.4 13 23 16 15 23 Holmberg et al., 1983
3.0 P 5.7 30 62 34 39 Møller et al., 2000
0.11 120 C 8.0 84 62 Vadas, 2006
0.8 C 1.1 13 Hegg et al., 1981
0.85 C 7.7 4 14 Gilbertson and Nienaber, 1978
3.0 C 7.1 44 56 49 49 Møller et al., 2000
C 6 19 54 22 20 Pain et al., 1978
C 12 30 58 29 29 Pain et al., 1978
1

P = pig, C = cattle.

2

Separation index is the mass of a compound in the solid fraction compared to the mass of a compound in the original raw slurry.

x: unspecified constant.