Worksheet – Calculate the surface loading
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Calculate the surface loading of the three sedimentation tanks.
1.
flow rate = 0.1 m3 per sec
a = 12m2
2.
flow rate = 10 m3 per sec
a = 600m2
3.
flow rate = 0.375 m3 per sec
a =30m2
If the surface loading for the sites is supposed to be 0.1 m3 per sec per m2 are the tanks over or
under loaded?
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Answers:
1. = 0.0083 m3 per sec per m2
2 = 0.0167 m3 per sec per m2
3. = 0.125 m3 per sec per m2
1.
2.
3.
underloaded
underloaded
overloaded
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