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http://dx.doi.org/10.4491/KSEE.2017.39.9.495

Development and Field Application of an Amphibious Scrubbing/Suction Dredging Machine with Cylindrical Rotating Brush and Turbidity Barrier  

Joo, Jin Chul (Hanbat National University, Civil & Environmental Engineering)
Kim, Wontae (One dredging Co.)
Kim, Hyunseung (One dredging Co.)
Kim, Hyunseol (One dredging Co.)
Song, Ho Myun (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering & Buillding Technology)
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Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers / v.39, no.9, 2017 , pp. 495-504 More about this Journal
Abstract
An amphibious scrubbing/suction dredging machine with cylindrical rotating brush, housing, and turbidity barrier was newly-developed to remove both sediments with about 10 cm thickness and periphyton attached on various structures in urban water-circulating systems through the scrubbing, suction, and dredging processes. Based on the field application and long-term monitoring, the increase in both suspended solids (SS) and turbidity of water during the scrubbing, suction, and dredging processes was negligible (p>0.05). In some cases, the turbidity of water initially increased, however, the turbidity was stabilized within 20 minutes from the start of dredging processes. The concentration changes in TN and TP of water were not statistically different (p>0.05) before and after the scrubbing, suction, and dredging processes, indicating that benthic nutrients released from sediments were not significantly diffused, and were not supposed to cause significant water pollution. Also, water treatment facilities along with an amphibious scrubbing/suction dredging machine could be more effective since the removal of contaminant loadings through the scrubbing, suction, and dredging processes was much greater than that through simple coagulation/precipitation processes. Finally, GPS-based realtime tracking and operation program have been developed and applied in various urban water-circulating systems, and development of driver cooperative autonomous driving system is in progress to eliminate the need for manual driving of an amphibious scrubbing/suction dredging machine.
Keywords
Urban Water-Circulating System; Suspended Solids; Turbidity; Sediments; Nutrients; Cylindrical Rotating Brush; Driver Cooperative Autonomous Driving System; Amphibious Scrubbing/Dredging Machine;
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