The porosity distribution and filtrate production during cake filtration in a plate-and frame filter press were simulated mathematically. The model considered filtration that occurs after the filling process, not filtration that occurs as the suspension fills the cell. Governing equations for the temporal porosity distribution were developed for a plate and- frame press. The governing equations were solved numerically. Appropriate initial and boundary conditions were determined based on characteristics of the plate-and-frame press and of the suspension properties

The purpose of this experiment was to learn how plate-and-frame filtrate machine to work and also to determine the filtration constants of K, s, C, m. This experiment was done at two different and constant pressures filtration constants were found by plotting theVP/vs. Vgraph for run 1 and run 2.

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