Annexure 4 – Desilting Basin

HYDRAULIC DESIGN

Particle size to be removed m 0.0002

Design Discharge m3/sec 16.87
Discharge for flushing % 20
Number of Chambers 1
Dynamic viscosity Pascal sec 0.001
Kinematic Viscosity m2/sec 0.000001
Specific Gravity for settling particles 2.65
Mannings, n n 0.014

Average width of desilting chamber m 7

Height upto top of hopper m 7
Width of cunnet m 1.3
Angle of hopper degree 40
Height of hopper m 2.39
Total effective height of desilting m 11.14
Arc height 1.75
Arc height considered 1.75
Area of chamber m2 67.09
Design Discharge the end of each chamber m3/sec 16.87
Flushing Descharge m3/sec 3.374
Av. Discharge for flushing (half of flushing Discharge) m3/sec 1.687
Average Discharge in desilting chamber m3/sec 18.557
Flow through velocity Vt mm/s 276.6

PARTICLE REMOVAL EFFICIENCY

Stokes Law is valid for Reynolds no. less than 0.1

Assume settling Velocity, Vs Assume mm/s 26.41

w * d
Re 
Reynolds No  5.28

24 3
For Laminar Flow(Reynolds Number < 1), Cd=24/Re Cd 
Re

Re
 0.34

For Transitional Flow(1< Reynolds Number < 10000)

For Turbulent Flow(Reynolds Number > 10000), Cd=0.4
As the flow is in transition stage for 1 < Reynolds Number
< 10000 Cd 6.19

4 * ( s  1) * g * d
Vs 
Settling Velocity in Still Water, 3 * Cd Vs mm/sec 26.41
Goal seek 0.00
 0 . 132
k 
Reduction factor due to turbulence, h 0.0395
Reduction in Settling Velocity due to turbulence, k*Vs mm/s 10.94
Net Settling velocity Vs net mm/s 15.47
Basin Length Required for particle to settle m 199.2
Basin Length Provided L m 130
Detention time s 470.0
Velocity by Stoke's law Vs mm/s 26.41
Flow through velocity Vt mm/s 276.6

Overflow velocity 1
6
Vu mm/s 23.7
V y
Turbulence factor   s
α 2.184
Vtn g

Vs/Vu 1.11
Sediment trap efficiency (from Figure A-2) % 97

As per Camp,s curve given in CWPRS manual w

122
v 11.65

w
1.11
wo
From Camp curve Trap efficiency % 97
GEOMETRY

Width of intake tunnel 3 m

Width of desilting
chamber 7 m
Height of desilting
chaamber 7 m
Vertical slope 2.3 :1
Width of cunnette 1.3 m
Angle of hopper 40 degree
Length of transition 16.1 m
Flare angle 7.08 O.K.
Total length of desilting 154.2