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http://dx.doi.org/10.9720/kseg.2017.4.405

Experimental Study on the Effect of Filter Layers on Pumping Capacity and Well Efficiency in an Unconfined Aquifer  

Song, Jae-Yong (SanHa Construction Co., Ltd)
Lee, Sang-Moo (SanHa Construction Co., Ltd)
Choi, Yong-Soo (SanHa Construction Co., Ltd)
Jeong, Gyo-Cheol (Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Andong National University)
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The Journal of Engineering Geology / v.27, no.4, 2017 , pp. 405-416 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study evaluated a model unconfined aquifer comprising a sand or gravel layer, a filter layer, a pumping well, and an observation well. The model was employed in step drawdown tests and then used to assess the permeability of each test tank. The optimal yield and well efficiency were then calculated. Evaluation of yield by step in sand layer filters of equal thickness gave optimized watering rates of 22.03 L/min in the double filter and 19.71 L/min in the single filter. The double filter's yield was 115.0% that of the single filter. A comparison of double and single filters, each 10 cm thick, showed the double filter to have a maximum yield of 182.7%. Yields for the gravel layer were 73.56 L/min for a double filter and 65.47 L/min for a single filter of the same thickness; the former value is 112.3% of that of the latter. Comparison of double and single filters with 10-cm-thick gravel layers revealed that the double filter had a maximum yield of 160.9%. Results for sand wells showed the double filter to have a maximum efficiency of 70.4% and the single filter to have a minimum efficiency of 37.1%. Gravel-layer well efficiencies were >66.5% for both double and single filters (each 30 cm thick), but only 22.5% for a 10-cm-thick single filter. This study confirms that permeability improved as the filter material became thicker; it also shows that a double filter has a higher yield and well efficiency than a single filter. These results can be applied to the practical design of wells.
Keywords
filter layers; unconfined aquifer; pumping capacity; well efficiency; groundwater;
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