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A simple laboratory testing apparatus and its use have been described. With relatively few pounds of material it is possible to evaluate many preparation and filtration variables and to predict with a fair degree of accuracy the behavior of a continuous horizontal vacuum filter. It is felt that such a unit will be invaluable for use in commercial plants, especially during the start-up operations of a new plant. The bench-scale unit should also find application in connection with other processes employing the unit operations of extraction and filtration.
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One of the laboratories of the Southern Utilization Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture.
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Graci, A.V., Spadaro, J.J., Paredes, M.L. et al. A bench-scale method for evaluating the processing characteristics of oilseeds for filtration-extraction. J Am Oil Chem Soc 32, 129–131 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02640320
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