Worksheet 3 – Calculate flow rates and volume based on flow rate
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1.
A tank is filled with 1,000kL of water in 1 hr. Calculate the flow rate in m3 per second?
2.
Four sedimentation tanks have to be brought back online after a closure.
The pumps have a flow rate of 5m3 per sec and it takes 11 minutes to fill each tank.
a.
What is the volume of each tank?
b.
What is the volume of all four tanks?
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3.
How long will it take to fill a tank 20m long, 5 metres wide and 4 metres deep if the flow rate
is 4m3 per sec.
a.
in seconds.
b.
in minutes
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Answers
1.
0.278m3 per second
2
2
a.
b.
3,300m3
1,3200m3
3
3
a.
b.
100 seconds
1 minute, 40 seconds
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