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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
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- 20.58 μm
- 21.58 μm
- 23.58 μm
- 22.58 μm
Correct Option: D
22.58
% removal = | × 100 = 90 % | |
Vs |
∴ V's = 0.9 Vs
