FIGURE 1
B-KER
2
TWO-LITER JAR FOR
BENCH SCALE TESTING
Source: Water and Air Research
SETTLING VELOCITY = SURFACE LOADING OR BASIN OVERFLOW RATE
m
3
/m
2
/min OR ft
3
/ft
2
/min = VELOCITY
d / t = 10 cm/min = CM/MIN
SAMPLING
TIME - t
SETTLING
DISTANCE - d
SETTLING
VELOCITY
RELATIVE SETTLING BASIN LOADING
(min)
(cm)
(cm/min)
(m
3
/m
2
/day)
(gal/ft
2
/min)
1
10
10
144.0
2.50
2
10
5
72.0
1.25
3
10
3.3
48.0
.83
5
10
2.0
28.8
.50
10
10
1.0
14.4
.25
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