Hydraulic Performance of Combined Flow Labyrinth Weir-Gate

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Fluids ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Omed S. Q. Yousif ◽  
Moses Karakouzian

The hydraulic performance of rectangular labyrinth weirs has been investigated by many researchers, however, the effects of the corner shape on the hydraulic performance of rectangular labyrinth weirs have not been addressed in the current literature. Accordingly, this experimental study aims to explore the effect of the corner shape of on discharge efficiency of rectangular labyrinth weirs. Five flat-crested rectangular labyrinth weirs, with five different corner shapes, were made of High-Density Polyethylene Plastic (HDPE) and tested in a rectangular flume. Under different overflow discharges, the discharge coefficients for the rectangular labyrinth weirs were determined. The results showed that the shape of corners for rectangular labyrinth weirs was an effective factor. For example, rounding or beveling the corners can significantly increase the discharge capacity of the rectangular labyrinth weirs. However, the rounded corner shape was slightly better than the beveled corner shape. Among all labyrinth weir models tested in this study, the rectangular labyrinth weir with a semi-circular apex showed the highest hydraulic efficiency, while the one with an acute-angle corner shape showed the lowest hydraulic efficiency. For the rectangular labyrinth weir having a semi-circular shape, although the original effective length reduced by about 14%, the discharge coefficient, CL, increased by 16.7% on average. For the rectangular labyrinth weir that has an acute-angle corner shape, although the effective length (LC) of the weir increased by 23%, its discharge capacity decreased by 35.2% on average. Accordingly, improper folding of the side-walls of the rectangular labyrinth weir led to a significant reduction in the weir’s hydraulic performance.


Author(s):  
Behzad Noroozi ◽  
Jalal Bazargan ◽  
Akbar Safarzadeh

Abstract In the present study, a new nonlinear weir called the T-Shaped Weir (TSW), which is a combination of the Labyrinth Weir (LW) and the Piano Key Weir (PKW), was introduced, and its hydraulic performance was compared with the PKW. Based on the presence of the vertical walls at the inlet key, outlet key, or both keys, the TSW weirs were classified as type A, B, and C weirs, respectively. The flow pattern of different TSW cases was analyzed, and the discharge coefficient curves were provided. Furthermore, to accurately study the hydrodynamics of the tested weirs, the 3D numerical simulations were performed using the FLOW-3D software. The results showed that inserting a vertical wall at the upstream of the outlet keys (C-TSW type) has a negligible effect on the hydraulic performance of the PKW. A maximum increase of 16% occurred in the discharge coefficient of the B-TSW in comparison to the PKW, and up to a head to height ratio (Ht/p) of 0.45, effect of the vertical wall on increasing the performance of the B-TSW was maintained. Based on the experimental and numerical tests, the optimal height ratio of the vertical wall (Pd/P) in B-TSW with highest discharge capacity was determined equal to 0.4.


Irriga ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Antonio Fonseca Conceição ◽  
Rubens Duarte Coelho

RELAÇÃO VAZÃO x PRESSÃO EM MICROASPERSORES DAN 2001 SOB CONDIÇÃO ADVERSA DE OPERAÇÃO  Marco Antônio Fonseca ConceiçãoEmbrapa Uva e Vinho, Estação Experimental de Jales, Jales, SP. CP 241. CEP 15700-000.E-mail: [email protected] Duarte CoelhoDepartamento de Engenharia Rural, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP. CP 09, CEP 13418-900.E-mail: [email protected]  1 RESUMO  Alguns microaspersores possuem membranas que regulam a sua pressão de operação, mantendo a vazão praticamente estável dentro de uma faixa de pressão na rede hidráulica. Operadores de irrigação no campo, muitas vezes com baixo nível de instrução e sem orientação profissional qualificada, visando reduzir problemas de entupimento ou para diminuir o tempo de irrigação, costumam retirar as membranas autocompensantes para aumentar a vazão do emissores, o que pode comprometer o desempenho hidráulico do sistema. Para avaliar o efeito da retirada da membrana  sobre as vazões dos microaspersores, no presente trabalho determinou-se as relações entre pressão e vazão para sete bocais do microaspersor DAN 2001, operando na ausência da membrana autocompensante. As curvas pressão-vazão sem as membranas autocompensantes apresentaram comportamento potencial com expoentes variando entre 0,58 e 0,64. As vazões dos microaspersores sem as membranas aumentaram de forma inversamente proporcional aos diâmetros dos emissores, quando comparadas às vazões nominais com as membranas.  UNITERMOS: Hidráulica, irrigação, microaspersão.  CONCEIÇÃO, M.A.F.; COELHO, R.D. FLOW X PRESSURE RELATIONSHIP FOR DAN 2001 MICROSPRINKLERS UNDER ADVERSE CONDITION  2 ABSTRACT  Many types of microsprinklers have a self-compensating membrane to regulate their pressure, keeping a stable flow. Many producers usually take the membranes off to reduce clogging problems  or irrigation time. This procedure could endanger the system hydraulic performance. To evaluate the effect of taking off the self-compensating membrane from microsprinklers it was determined, in the present work, the pressure-flow relationship for seven Dan 2001 microsprinkler nozzles operating without the membrane. The pressure-flow curves presented a potential behavior with the exponents varying from 0.58 to 0.64. Microsprinkler flows without the membranes increased inversely proportional to the emitter diameters, comparing to the nominal flows using the membranes.  KEYWORDS: Hydraulic, irrigation, microsprinkler.


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