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A rotary vacuum filter is available with an area of 200 m2 and a vacuum pressure of 75 kPa

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A rotary vacuum filter is available with an area of 200 m² and a vacuum pressure of 75 kPa. Filter leaf tests have been performed on a cell broth with a viscosity of 5 cp. The leaf tests gave a specific cake resistance of 1 x 10¹¹ cm/g and a medium resistance of 1 x 10⁸ cm^-1. The cake solids per volume of filtrate was 15 g/l. It is desired to operate the large filter with a cycle time of 45 s and a cake formation time of 10 s. What is the filtration rate expected for the rotary vacuum filter? How significant is the medium resistance?