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    A proportional weir and Parshall flume are flow control devices that maintain uniform horizontal velocity in wastewater treatment units by controlling flow fluctuations, which is important for grit chambers to scour organic solids but not grit from the bottom through maintaining a horizontal flow velocity of 0.2 to 0.4 m/s; proportional weirs require grit chambers to have a rectangular cross-section while Parshall flumes require a parabolic cross-section.

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    A proportional weir and Parshall flume are flow control devices that maintain uniform horizontal velocity in wastewater treatment units by controlling flow fluctuations, which is important for grit chambers to scour organic solids but not grit from the bottom through maintaining a horizontal flow velocity of 0.2 to 0.4 m/s; proportional weirs require grit chambers to have a rectangular cross-section while Parshall flumes require a parabolic cross-section.

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    A proportional weir and Parshall flume are flow control devices that maintain uniform horizontal velocity in wastewater treatment units by controlling flow fluctuations, which is important for grit chambers to scour organic solids but not grit from the bottom through maintaining a horizontal flow velocity of 0.2 to 0.4 m/s; proportional weirs require grit chambers to have a rectangular cross-section while Parshall flumes require a parabolic cross-section.

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    PROPORTIONAL WEIR AND PARSHALL FLUME

    A proportional weir and a Parshall flume are velocity control devices. Velocity control devices
    are also referred to as flow control devices. They control the fluctuations in the wastewater
    flows and hence provide a uniform flow through velocity (horizontal velocity) in the different
    units of the wastewater treatment plant. It is important to maintain a constant flow through
    velocity in a grit chamber in order to ensure that only the organic solids but not the grit are
    scoured from the bottom of the grit chamber. The horizontal velocity of flow should be in a
    recommended range of 0.2 m/s to 0.4 m/s in a grit chamber.
    When a proportional weir is to be used as a velocity control device, then the grit chamber should
    have a rectangular cross-section and if a Parshall flume is to be used, a parabolic cross-section is
    required for the grit chamber.

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