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nominal inlet velocity

Thread starter Spoonful
Start date May 30, 2011

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May 30, 2011

Spoonful

Mechanical

Hi all,

Got a question here, and hope I can get some help here.

I have been told, normally, as a rule of thumb, for filtration purpose, the fluid inlet speed, should be optimized at 5-10 ft/s.

Could someone please help give some information in regarding with this issue?

Thanks in advance