A gravity filter is made from a bed of granular particles assumed to be spherical. The bed

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A gravity filter is made from a bed of granular particles assumed to be spherical. The bed porosity is 0.40. The bed has a diameter of 0.3 m and is 1.75 m deep. The volumetric flowrate of water at 25°C through the bed is 0.006 m3/s. What particle diameter is required to obtain this flowrate?

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Analysis Synthesis And Design Of Chemical Processes

ISBN: 9780134177403

5th Edition

Authors: Richard Turton, Joseph Shaeiwitz, Debangsu Bhattacharyya, Wallace Whiting

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