Experimental study of discharge coefficient and trapping ratio in mesh-panel bottom rack for sediment and non-sediment flow and supercritical approaching conditions
Autor: | Hassan Saghi, Keivan Bina |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Bar (music) Mechanical Engineering General Chemical Engineering 0208 environmental biotechnology Flow (psychology) Aerospace Engineering Sediment 02 engineering and technology Mechanics Trap (plumbing) Discharge coefficient 020801 environmental engineering Flume Rack Transverse plane Nuclear Energy and Engineering Geology |
Zdroj: | Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 88:171-186 |
ISSN: | 0894-1777 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2017.05.022 |
Popis: | Bottom racks have been widely used in dam-less projects as a means to divert some part of the river flow. Mesh-panel bottom rack is a new form of bottom rack which is introduced in this paper and consists of longitudinal bars along the river over transverse bars perpendicular to the river flow. Deformation of mesh-panel racks under static and dynamic loads is less than other kinds of bottom intakes. In the present study, firstly, physically-based relationships were derived for rack discharge coefficients in sediment and non-sediment flows. To do this, three mesh-panel racks were built, and the effects of hydraulic characteristics of approaching flow, rack geometry (slope, length, bar shapes), and sediment characteristics on discharge coefficient were investigated, and, also, a sensitivity analysis was taken. The data was obtained from a series of tests carried out in a laboratory flume equipped with inclined bottom rack and a sediment chamber at the upstream. For each run, diverted and remaining discharges were measured by two separate fully-aerated sharp crested rectangular weirs. Secondly, trap ratio of mesh-panel rack which was defined as the weight of passed sediment through the mesh panel to the total input amount of sediment at upstream, were experimentally studied and discussed. Finally, a physically-based dimensionless relation for estimating trap ratio was presented, and sensitivity analysis was done. |
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