In performing a constant pressure filtration, the time of filtration, t (in seconds) is related to the volume of the filtrate, V (in m), collected based on the following equation: t = *V° + BV in which, when linearized, the empirical model can be expressed as: #= V +B where K, and B are parameters for the filtration model. The laboratory experiment performen summarized below. Note that the volume of the filtrate is a measured variable. t/V 0.000498 8840 0.00100 9500 0.001501 10860 0.002000 12300 0.002498 13890 0.003002 15360 0.003506 16830 0.004004 18380 0.004502 19860 0.005009 21420 The parameters K, and Bare determined by linear regression using the above table.