Liquid Chemical Feed Rate
Converts a feed dose in pounds per day into the metering pump feed rate (gallons per day) when feeding a liquid chemical solution. Useful for sizing peristaltic and diaphragm metering pumps and for converting the output of the Chemical Dosage calculator into a real pump setting.
Liquid Chemical Feed Rate
Convert a required dose in lbs/day into a metering pump feed rate for a liquid chemical.
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Converts a feed dose in pounds per day into the metering pump feed rate (gallons per day) when feeding a liquid chemical solution. Useful for sizing peristaltic and diaphragm metering pumps and for converting the output of the Chemical Dosage calculator into a real pump setting.
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Chemical DosingRequired chemical dose — typically the output of the Chemical Dosage calculator.
Density of the solution relative to water (1.0 for dilute solutions; commercial sodium hypochlorite ≈ 1.18; 50% caustic ≈ 1.52).
Active chemical concentration in the solution (12.5% for sodium hypochlorite, 50% for caustic soda, 93% for sulfuric acid).
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CSUS Sacramento — Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants, Vol. I (Chemical Feed Systems).
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