Using Kozeny-Carman equation, determine the headloss through a sand filter of 850-mm deep, which  has size diameter of 0.43 mm and a porosity of 0.40. The filtration rate is 250 L/m2*min. (The kinematic viscosity is equal to 1.3×10-6 m2/s)

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 Using Kozeny-Carman equation, determine the headloss through a sand filter of 850-mm deep, which 
has size diameter of 0.43 mm and a porosity of 0.40. The filtration rate is 250 L/m2*min. (The kinematic viscosity is equal to 1.3×10-6 m2/s) 

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