Homework Help: water treatment

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 1, 2012 at 7:35pm.

what is the water flow ratein a 24 in. diamiter pipe in gpm. when the flow velocity is 3.0 ft per second

water treatment - Steve, Monday, July 2, 2012 at 10:19am
you want gal/s, so start converting, using what you have:

3.0 ft/s * 144pi ft^2 = 1357.17 ft^3/s
1gal = 231 in^3, so you have

1357.17 ft^3/s * 1728in^3/ft^3 * 1gal/231in^3 = 10152.32gal/s
water treatment - Steve, Monday, July 2, 2012 at 10:20am
oops. you want gal/min, so multiply by 60s/min

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