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  1. Consider a primary sedimentation tank (PST) in a water treatment plant with Surface Overflow Rate (SOR) of 40 m³/m²/d. The diameter of the spherical particle which will have 90 percent theoretical removal efficiency in this tank is ________ mm. Assume that settling velocity of the particles in water is described by stokes’s Law. Given: Density of water = 1000 kg/m³; density of particle = 2650 kg/m³; g = 9.81 m/s²; Kinematic viscosity of water (v) = 1.10 × 10–6m²/s
    1. 20.58 μm
    2. 21.58 μm
    3. 23.58 μm
    4. 22.58 μm

Correct Option: D

22.58

% removal =
V's
× 100 = 90 %
Vs

∴ V's = 0.9 Vs



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