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Axial Flow
Turbine
Propeller
Turbine
g) Walking beam flocculator
f) Basic impeller styles
Fig. 10-13.
(
Continued
).
The detention time of each of the four equal-sized compartment is 5 minutes.
Design flow rate
3.0
1.547
4.64 cu ft / sec (0.087 m / s)
3
3
Volume in each compartment
4.64
5
60
1390 cu ft (39.4 m )
Assume square-shaped compartments and a water depth of 10 feet. Then:
1/2
1390
Side dimension
11.8 ft.
Use 12 ft (3.6 m)
10
Each compartment would be 12 ft
12 ft
12 ft (3.6
3.6
3.6 m) deep,
which provides a 2 ft (0.6 m) freeboard allowance.
