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Optimum Economical Design for Municipal Diatomite Filter Plants
Author(s) -
Baumann E. Robert,
LaFrenz Robert L.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1963.tb01001.x
Subject(s) - filtration (mathematics) , filter (signal processing) , raw water , environmental science , environmental engineering , engineering , waste management , mathematics , statistics , electrical engineering
This article discusses a study conducted at Iowa State University to develop a method of analyzing data from pilot tests with a raw water supply for use in the design of a diatomite filter plant. A method was developed for obtaining plant operating conditions at a minimum cost by the specification of the overall optimum body feed, the optimum filtration rate, and the optimum terminal‐head loss that will permit water to be filtered at the lowest total cost per 1,000 gal. A method of finding this optimum design combination is demonstrated for three cities of different sizes with waters of three different iron concentrations.