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Sludge Drain Design Equations
The following equations are used in the Sludge Drain design program.
Number of orifices on a single sludge drain:
Flow rate through the sludge drain:
The nominal diameter for the sludge drain pipe, using available sizes:
Total area of orifices in sludge drain:
Head loss through the sludge drain:
Diameter of each orifice on the sludge drain: