A water quality technician has
collected and graphed the back flow test data for a carbon nano-tube (everybody
has to do something with nano, so FLATE’s puzzle team is no exception) based
membrane technology water filtering system. When the water to be sold under the
companies PDS (“Purer then Driven Snow”) brand passes one way through the
filter, the water is purified and then sent to the bottling facility. The tech
periodically back flushes the membrane and if the filter is clogged replaces
it. The tech runs the back flow test by disconnecting the forward flow and then
pumps purified water through the filter in the opposite direction. If the
filter is not clogged, the black flush test pattern has a similar shape
as the forward flow plot but it has higher flow rate values for each pressure.
After reviewing both the forward
and back flush pressure vs. flow rate plots below, the tech knows if the filter
is clogged. She has determined that
this specific filter is not clogged.
The orange plot is the filter's
back flush data plot. Yes or NO. Submit your answers below the blog, or post it
at www.fl-ate.org.
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