Effect of Depth of Discnarging Plates for Sediment Removal on Hydraulic Conveying Characteristics

Abstract

In the hydraulic conveying of solid-liquid flow in the conduit, the discharging plates were proposed by the authors to transport the particles that had piled up. In this papei the depth of the plates installed for the particle beds was changed and the flow of the particles was examined by the flow visualization. As a result, it was found the optimum depth of the plates for the particle beds exists. It was confirmed that the effects of interval and overall length of the plates in this optimum condition are qualitatively similar with the case that the depth of the plate for the particle beds is shallow as the previous report.