Disinfection of Pipelines - Disinfection of Pipelines and Storage Facilities Field Guide - page 45

Liquid chlorine feed rate calculations (chlorinator
settings).

Liquid chlorine
feed rate (lb/day)

Water fill rate
(gpm) total

(c3-1) =

0.3 ×

Ops Tip Numbers in the calculators are combined constants. In this

case, 0.3 comes from 25 mg/L × 3.785 L/gal × g/1,000 mg

× lb/454 g × 60 min/hr × 24 hr/day.

Liquid chlorine
feed rate (g/hr)

Water fill rate
(L/sec) total

(c3-2) =

90

×

Chlorine solution feed rate calculations.

Chlorine
solution feed
rate (mL/min)

Water fill
rate (gpm)
total

Strength of
chlorine
feed solution (%)

(c3-3)

=9.46 ×

÷

Chlorine
solution feed
rate (gal/hr)

Water fill
rate (gpm)
total

Strength of
chlorine
feed solution (%)

(c3-4)

=0.15 ×

÷

Chlorine
solution feed
rate (mL/min)

Strength of
chlorine
feed solution (%)

(c3-5)

Water fill
rate (L/sec)
total

= 150 ×

÷