A 98% efficient ESP is to treat a gas stream flowing at 5000 m3/ min. If the effective drift velocity is 6.0 cm/s, calculate the number of plates if each plate is 6 m hy 10 m, and there are 3 mechanical fields.

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A 98% efficient ESP is to treat a gas stream flowing at 5000 m3/ min. If the effective drift velocity is 6.0 cm/s, calculate the number of plates if each plate is 6 m hy 10 m, and there are 3 mechanical fields.

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