4. A settling chamber is to be 2 m wide, 7 m high, 13 m long and has 10 trays, including the bottom surface. This chamber is designed to collect particles of 1600 kg/m' density of a stream of 5 m/s. There is 2 cm dust layer on the trays. a. Compute the Reynolds number and decide if the turbulent flow assumption is reasonable. b. Find the diameter of the particles that are collected with 0.90 efficiency.

4. A settling chamber is to be 2 m wide, 7 m high, 13 m long and has 10 trays, including the bottom surface. This chamber is designed to collect particles of 1600 kg/m' density of a stream of 5 m/s. There is 2 cm dust layer on the trays. a. Compute the Reynolds number and decide if the turbulent flow assumption is reasonable. b. Find the diameter of the particles that are collected with 0.90 efficiency.

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Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

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