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What law is applicable when the flow rate is laminar?

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What law is applicable when the flow rate is laminar?

(a) Poiseuille’s law

(b) Newton’s law

(c) Gauss’s law

(d) Dalton’s law

The question was asked in an interview for internship.

This intriguing question originated from Filtration at Constant Volumetric Flow in division Filtration of Food Processing Unit Operations

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Right choice is (a) Poiseuille’s law

Best explanation: Filtration rate is directly proportional to the difference in pressure and inversely proportional to the fluid viscosity and to the hydraulic resistance of the cake and filter medium.

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