INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; SLURRY CHARACTERIZATION; Introduction; Liquid; Particles; Slurry; Sampling; CAKE STRUCTURE CHARACTERIZATION; Introduction; Porosity; Particle Arrangement; Pore Size; CHARACTERIZATION OF LIQUID FLOW THROUGH POROUS PARTICLE LAYERS; Introduction; Dimensionanalytic Approach for the Flow Through Porous Particle Layers; Empirical Approach for the Flow Through Porous Particle Layers; SLURRY PRE-TREATMENT TO ENHANCE CAKE FILTRATION CONDITIONS; Introduction; Thickening; Agglomeration; Fractionation/Classification/Sorting; Filter Aids -; Body Feed Filtration; Thermal Conditioning; Chemical Conditioning; FILTER CAKE FORMATION; Introduction; Filtration Mechanisms during the Initial Phase of Cake Filtration; Formation of Incompressible Filter Cakes by Pressure Filtration; Formation of Compressible Filter Cakes by Pressure Filtration; Formation of Filter Cakes in Centrifuges; PARTICLE WASHING; Introduction; Principles of Particle Washing; Limits of Particle Washing; Characterization of Particle Washing; Dilution Washing; Permeation Washing; FILTER CAKE DELIQUORING; Introduction; Characterization of Deliquoring Results; Desaturation of Filter Cakes; Consolidation of Compressible Filter Cakes by Squeezing; Consolidation/Desaturation of Compressible Filter Cakes by Gas Differential Pressure; Electrically Enhanced Press Filtration; SELECTED ASPECTS OF FILTER MEDIA FOR CAKE FILTRATION; Introduction and Overview; Woven Filter Media for Cake Filtration; Porometry -- using Capillarity to Analyse Pore Sizes of Filter Media; Semipermeable Filter Media -; Gas Pressure Filtration without Gas Flow