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An Experimental Study on the Distributions of Residual Head and Discharge Rate along Collector Well Laterals of a Model Riverbed Filtration  

Ahn, Kyu-Hong (Water Environment and Remediation Center, KIST(Korea Institute of Science and Technology))
Moon, Hyung-Joon (Department of Environmental Engineering, Yeungnam University)
Kim, Kyung-Soo (Department of Environmental Engineering, Yeungnam University)
Kim, Seung-Hyun (Department of Environmental Engineering, Yeungnam University)
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Abstract
As a way to the optimum design of the collector well lateral in riverbed filtration, experiments were performed using sand tanks which were connected to form a model lateral system. Measured were the residual hydraulic heads along the laterals, the discharge rates at each sand tank and the production rates at the collector well while the model laterals were operated with various scenarios of changing parameters including water level of the collector well, the lateral diameter and length, and the hydraulic conductivity of the sand. Results showed that riverbed filtration could be more efficient when the resistance in the lateral was weak compared with the resistance in the sand, which was indicated by the more flattened distribution of the residual hydraulic heads along the lateral. Results also showed that the discharge rate increased exponentially with the approach to the collector well, and that the exponent increased as the lateral diameter decreased and/or the hydraulic conductivity of the sand increased. It was also seen that the well production increased with the increase in the lateral length and diameter although the marginal productivity decreased. It could be concluded that the axial flow velocity in the lateral was an important factor governing the efficiency of a lateral in riverbed filtration and that the maximum entrance velocity to the collector well, over which the efficiency decreased drastically, was about 1 m/sec under the conditions of this study.
Keywords
Riverbed Filtration; Lateral; Residual Hydraulic Head; Discharge Intensity; Sand Tank Experiment;
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