Question

Where is sedimentation used?

(a) Water treatment

(b) Oil production

(c) Essential oil production

(d) Salt production

I had been asked this question in an international level competition.

Query is from Mechanical Separation topic in portion Mechanical Separation of Food Processing Unit Operations

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) Water treatment

To explain: Sedimentation is the physical water treatment process using gravity to remove suspended solids and other impurities from the water.