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Filtration can be defined as the removal of solids from a liquid stream by passing the stream through a porous medium, which retains the solids. Figure 1 shows a flow diagram of a filtration system (1).
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Shammas, N.K., Wang, L.K. (2007). Vacuum Filtration. In: Wang, L.K., Shammas, N.K., Hung, YT. (eds) Biosolids Treatment Processes. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 6. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-996-7_16
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