//exapple 8.4 clc; funcprot(0); // Initialization of Variable t=60*0.3/0.5;//time of 1 revollution d=34/1000000; S=6/d; e=0.415; J=0.154; P=34.8*1000; mu=1.17/1000; L=2.35/1000; rho=999;//density of water rhos=4430;//density of barium carbonate //calculation //part1 nu=J*rho/((1-J)*(1-e)*rhos-J*e*rho); r=5*S^2*(1-e)^2/e^3; //quadratic in l //in the form of ax^2+bx+c=0 c=-t; b=r*mu*L/nu/P; a=r*mu/2/nu/P; y=poly([c b a],'l','coeff'); l=roots(y); disp(l(2),"thickness of filter cake in (m):"); //part2 d=1.2; l1=2.6; pi=3.1428; u=pi*d*0.5/60; Q=u*l1*l(2); mnet=Q*(1-e)*rhos+Q*e*rho; disp(mnet,"rate at which wet cake will be scrapped in (kg/s):"); //part3 md=Q*(1-e)*rhos;//rate at which solid scrapped from the drum r=md/0.154; disp(r*3600,"rate of which slurry is treated is (kg/h):")