Cake Volume and Moisture Calculation
Estimates wet cake volume and wet-basis moisture content after solid–liquid separation from measurable quantities: dry solids mass, filtrate volume, and cake porosity.
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1. Define Input Parameters
2. Engineering Output
Solids volume (V_s)
- m³
- m³
Cake volume (V_cake)
- m³
- m³
Cake-to-filtrate ratio (v_ratio)
- -
- -
Liquid volume in cake (V_liquid)
- m³
- m³
Liquid mass (m_liquid)
- kg
- kg
Moisture fraction (wet basis) (moisture_fraction)
- -
- -
Moisture percent (moisture_percent)
- %
- %
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This calculation is embedded in filtration simulators and SCADA dashboards for food, pharmaceutical, and mineral processes. It helps size downstream dryers and track yield.
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