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rollingstein
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Often to drain liquids from a vacuum a tall (32 feet) barometric leg is used. Can I use such a leg to drain a slurry?
The vacuum is approx. 200 mm Hg abs & the slurry has 5% to 10% hard crystalline solids in water.
In particular how do I design the liquid seal at the bottom of the barometric leg? I'm posting a sketch of a typical "hot well" seal but this won't work for slurries, right? The solids would settle & block the hotwell.
Any ideas?
The vacuum is approx. 200 mm Hg abs & the slurry has 5% to 10% hard crystalline solids in water.
In particular how do I design the liquid seal at the bottom of the barometric leg? I'm posting a sketch of a typical "hot well" seal but this won't work for slurries, right? The solids would settle & block the hotwell.
Any ideas?