• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.258-265
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• 2023

Fishways installed in Korea usually generate high-velocity flows and low water depth that impede fish movement, despite the fact that most fish are migratory or move to survive. Moreover, domestic design standards for fishways fail to consider the swimming ability of various fish species that live in rivers. Therefore, it is necessary to establish design standards for fishways to function properly, which requires research on the swimming performance of domestic migratory fish and the hydraulic characteristics of fishways. Accordingly, in this research, the swimming performance of fish was objectively analyzed by applying the incremental velocity and fixed velocity methods to carp, respectively, and the critical swimming velocity was presented. As the result, it was appropriate to set the critical swimming velocity to 0.7 m/s - 0.8 m/s for incremental velocity and 0.8 m/s for fixed velocity. Comprehensively analyzing the two experimental methods, the critical swimming velocity for designing the fishway for carp can be determined to be about 0.8 m/s. In the future, it will be necessary to analyze the swimming performance of various migratory fish and prepare fishway design standards for each species.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.423-432
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• 2008

The local migration or movement behavior of fishes in streams are related to feeding, spawning, growing, dispersing, and refuging. The pale chub (Zacco platypus) is a dominant species that migrates locally and inhabits in river and stream in Korea. However, dams, weirs, culverts and other regulatory structures are physical barriers that limit fish movement and fragment habits and populations. If main stream and off-channel habitats are connected with culverts, they would restrict the small fish as pale chub movement due to the high flow velocities and low depths. But in Korea, there is no experimental study to evaluate the swimming performance of species in Korea. Therefore, it is difficult to proposed that design guidelines for pass fishes through culverts. The purpose of this experimental study is to evaluate the swimming performance of pale chubs. A series of swimming performance test has been used in both of the fixed velocity and the incremental velocity methods in an experimental flume. As a result, the critical swimming speed for pale chub(body length 8.9 cm) was found to be about 0.7 m/s. Therefore, the flow velocity for culvert design in the low flow condition should not be exceed the its swimming ability, especially 0.7 m/s for pale chubs(body length 8.9 cm). And the minimum depth for culvert design in the low flow condition should not be lower than the fish body height add a dorsal fin height.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.85-85
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• 2023

유량 측정을 위해 도섭법, 횡측선법 등의 인력에 의한 방법이 적용되고 있으나, 이는 야간 및 휴일 측정, 인력 부족 등 여러 제약으로 인해 고수위 홍수를 측정하는 데에 한계가 있다. 이를 해결하기 위해 시공간적 제약이 없는 도플러 방식 초음파유속계(Acousitc Doppler Velocity Meter, ADVM)와 자동유속관측시스템(Portable Automatic Velocity Observation System; PAVOs)이 제안되었다. 이 방법들은 교량에 설치된 장치를 통해 실시간으로 유속이 계측되어 시공간적 제약이 없으며 홍수 관리에 유용하게 사용될 수 있다. 실시간으로 계측된 유속 데이터는 오·결측 값이 발생하며 ADVM의 경우 수위-유량관계식을 활용하는 등 전처리 방법이 활용되고 있지만 전자파표면유속계를 활용한 PAVOs 데이터의 전처리 방법에 대한 연구는 부족하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 PAVOs에서 실시간으로 계측된 유속 데이터의 전 처리 과정(Pre-processing)을 개발하였다. PAVOs를 통해 측정된 데이터는 5분 단위로 10개의 유속이 한번에 측정되며 비정상성(Non-stationary)인 특징을 가진다. 이 데이터의 전처리 과정으로 오·결측값에 대한 처리 및 보간법 적용 이후 10개 값 중 실제 유속을 판단하고 잡음제거(Denoising)를 수행하였다. 이를 강원도 홍천강에 위치한 홍천교에서 계측된 유속 데이터에 적용하였다. 그 결과 데이터의 상승부와 하강부에서 일정한 경향성을 파악할 수 있다. 이 데이터를 통해 산정한 유량과 실측 기반의 평균유속과 관계를 통해 계산한 유량을 비교해 보았을 때 낮은 편차율을 가지는 것을 확인하였다. 전 처리 된 실시간 유속 데이터를 활용한다면 최고수위가 발생하였을 경우 홍수량을 산정할 수 있을 것이다. 또한, 강우 또는 하천 공사에 의해 변동하는 수위-유량관계곡선식을 실시간으로 개발할 수 있을 것이며 이는 효과적인 홍수관리에 큰 역할을 할 수 있을 것이다.

• Water for future
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.225-235
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• 1996

This study deals with hydraulic characteristics and their effects on upstream migration of fish by the weir type in a pool-weir fishway, and presents an optimal type of weir for an easy upstream migration. Experiment was performed to estimate hydraulic conditions by the weir type and to determine which type was good. The results showed that a rectangular weir with a small rectangular notch installed by a zig-zag type was preferable to a simple weir with no notch or to a trapezoidal weir, since it makes possible for upstream migration even when a water level draws down and moreover, it makes falling flow through a notch which facilitates upstream migration. It was proposed that the notch must be designed that the flow situation may keep the streaming flow so long as the maximum flow velocity does not exceed the critical swiming velocity, i.e., the dimensionless flow rate may exist whthin the range of 0.27 and 0.41.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.265-278
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• 2016

In this study, an ascending capability experiment was performed with largemouth bass and bluegill, which are exotic fish species inhabiting (the freshwaters) in Korea. The experiment was performed by dividing the subject fish into four groups according to their size and at four flow rates for each group. The number of fish passing through a reference line was analyzed by recording videos, and their swimming and ascending capabilities were observed by the naked eye. The number of fish passing through the reference line did not include those returning downstream within five minutes due to the high flow rate. The flow rate used for the analysis was the mean of the flow rate values measured at the left bank, the right bank, and in the middle of the stream. The results showed that the number of exotic fish migrating upstream decreased as the flow rate increased, regardless of the species and size of the fish. The comparison between the fish species showed that the ascending capability of bass was higher than that of bluegill, but the difference was not significant when considering the difference in the size of the fish. In addition, the upper limit flow velocity allowing the ascending of the exotic fish species was 1.11 m/s, when considering the fish returning to the downstream after the upstream migration and experimental error. The results of the experiment may be used as fundamental data for the blocking of fish and the management of exotic fish species by means of a high flow rate current. Further experiments, verification, and monitoring may need to be conducted continuously to determine whether the fish are able to pass through the reference line at a high flow rate, when they attain a high or cruising velocity. Additionally, the reaction of the fish species should be investigated by considering the response to external forces as well as pressure differences due to the flow rate.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.453-459
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• 2015

Split-flow thin cell fractionation (SPLITT fractionation, SF) is a particle separation technique that allows continuous (and thus a preparative scale) separation into two subpopulations based on the particle size or the density. In SF, there are two basic performance parameters. One is the throughput (TP), which was defined as the amount of sample that can be processed in a unit time period. Another is the fractionation efficiency (FE), which was defined as the number % of particles that have the size predicted by theory. Full-feed depletion mode (FFD-SF) have only one inlet for the sample feed, and the channel is equipped with a flow stream splitter only at the outlet in SF mode. In conventional FFD-mode, it was difficult to extend channel due to splitter in channel. So, we use large scale splitter-less FFD-SF to increase TP from increase channel scale. In this study, a FFD-SF channel was developed for a large-scale fractionation, which has no flow stream splitters (‘splitter less’), and then was tested for optimum TP and FE by varying the sample concentration and the flow rates at the inlet and outlet of the channel. Polyurethane (PU) latex beads having two different size distribution (about 3~7 µm, and about 2~30 µm) were used for the test. The sample concentration was varied from 0.2 to 0.8% (wt/vol). The channel flow rate was varied from 70, 100, 120 and 160 mL/min. The fractionated particles were monitored by optical microscopy (OM). The sample recovery was determined by collecting the particles on a 0.1 µm membrane filter. Accumulation of relatively large micron sized particles in channel could be prevented by feeding carrier liquid. It was found that, in order to achieve effective TP, the concentration of sample should be at higher than 0.4%.