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Predicted in the present
study
Predicted by Jiao and
Sharma(1994)

100 200 300 400 500 600
Filtration Time, t, min.
Figure 12-9. Comparison of the predicted cake thicknesses for linear filtration
of fresh water bentonite suspension (Civan, R, 1998a; reprinted by permission
of the AlChE, ©1998 AlChE. All rights reserved).

0.2

y = 0.0655x - 0.0006
0.15 R = 0.9921
2

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1 1.5 2 2.5
4
Reciprocal Filtrate Flow Rate, 1/q, 10 s/m 3
Figure 12-10. Correlation of Willis et al. (1983) measured filter cake thickness
data (Civan, F., 1998; reprinted by permission of the AlChE, ©1998a AlChE.
All rights reserved).