A water treatment plant has three flocculation compartments that water flows though sequentially (in series). The water is gently mixed in each compartment with rotating paddles, and the power input decreases as water moves through each compartment: Compartment #1: 186 W; Compartment #2: 30.0 W; Compartment #3: 7.50 W. Each compartment is 4.17 m deep, 3.75 m wide, and 4.17 m long. The water temperature is 15 °C the flow rate is 16,000 m3 /day. Calculate the velocity gradient for each compartment.
A water treatment plant has three flocculation compartments that water flows though sequentially (in series). The...
ENV Water Supply Flocculation tanks need to be sized to match three sedimentation basins 3.5 m deep and 6.0 m wide. The sedimentation basins each handle a flow of 5000 m/d, as will the flocculation tanks. The floc tanks will have two mixing sections with an overall average velocity gradient (G) of 35/s. The average velocity gradient-time (Gt) value has been set at 80,000. The paddles will be the wooden paddle-wheel type and will turn on a horizontal axis perpendicular...