Preserve reservoir capacity by hydraulic flushing
Book
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OSTI ID:220128
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Impounding a river to build up a reservoir usually encounters technical and environmental impacts resulting from sedimentation problems. Inflowing sediments can settle along the reservoir and the useful storage capacity of the reservoir will gradually be reduced. The control of reservoir sedimentation through hydraulic flushing has been employed in many reservoirs around the world. Flushing processes such as sediment outflow and flushing effectiveness for one flushing event were investigated. Both experimental data and field data are fitted well with the relationship: Q{sub os} = E Q{sub o} {sup 1.6}S{sub w}{sup 1.2}/B{sup 0.6}. Accordingly, several criteria derived from experiences for effective flushing operations can be interpreted by this relationship.
- OSTI ID:
- 220128
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9507190--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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