Abstract: During many chemical and pharmaceutical process operations, cake washing is required since no filter system can remove all of the mother liquor by pressure or vacuum dewatering only. The need for cake washing to produce a “clean cake” for further processing, drying or disposal can be for several reasons including the removal of the mother liquor, exchange of solvents, dissolution of soluble components and the displacement of insoluble contaminants.

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