The studies developed in this work aimed to build an experimental gas filtration unit and also study the formation and the removal of filter cakes in different filter media (polypropylene, polyester and acrylic) provided by Gino Cacciari Ltda., a company from São Paulo, Brazil. The particulate matter used in this study was a concentrated phosphate, provided by FOSFERTIL, a company from Patos de Minas, Brazil. The density of this material is 3 2,89 0,009g / cm , and its volume average diameter is 12,72m . The filtration system was built with five components, namely, a filtration box, with a filtration area of 314,16 cm2; a power feeding system with controlled humidity; manometers; compressed air lines; and a blower. The filtration experimen...