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Table V

Separation indexes at pressurized filtration.

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 11 37 15 17
(standard deviation) (15) (18) (17) (–) (14)
0.7 P 5.7 7 28 7 15 Møller et al., 2000
0.75 2 P 6.3 64 46 Vadas, 2006
0.9 P 5.7 5 28 6 12 Møller et al., 2000
1.0 P 5.3 4 27 7 7 Møller et al., 2002
P 1.8 51 31 42 Pieters et al., 1999
P 1.8 26 11 7 Pieters et al., 1999
P 6.3 7 21 4 13 Pos et al., 1984
0.75 2 C 8.0 64 28 Vadas, 2006
0.9 C 7.1 3 14 4 7 Møller et al., 2000
1.0 C 4.5 2 13 4 8 Møller et al., 2002
1 C 5.2 10 46 5 3 Wu, 2007
1.0 C 6.4 5 30 8 15 Møller et al., 2002
1.6 C 3.8 6 20 Pos et al., 1984
3.0 C 7.1 13 40 13 21 Møller et al., 2000
3.2 C 5.0 13 37 Pos et al., 1984
C 5.2 13 35 36 Pos et al., 1984
C 17.7 60 77 60 Menear and Smith, 1973
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.