A positive pressure disc-type filtration apparatus including a collection trough
internal to the cylindrical pressure vessel housing the filter discs. The collection
trough is entirely disposed within the cylinder of the pressure vessel and configured
and located to receive and direct filter cake removed from the discs and then reslurried
and sluiced toward the center of the trough using jets of liquid, to be discharged
longitudinally centrally through a single outlet extending downwardly from the
trough and through the wall of the pressure vessel. A method of filtration is also disclosed.