Operational efficiency of water damless intake

Abstract

Abstract An improved hydraulic method for increasing the efficiency of operation of a damless water intake is presented. Physical picture of the movement of bottom and surface sediments during flow division in the damless water intake ABMCh (Amu-Bukhara machine channel). Analysis of the distribution of sediment along the channel of the channel showed that clay particles of suspended sediment <0.005 mm increase from the inlet to the main structure of the ABMCh from 15% to 36%. Dusty particles of suspended sediment d = 0.05 also increase from inlet to G.P. ABMCh from 38% to 66%. Sandy sediment particles d = 0.05 to 0.25 mm, on the contrary, decrease from 3% to 71%, and sediment particles d> 0.25 mm decrease from 1.30 to 0.15%. It is substantiated that the angle of the flow outlet to a greater extent influenced the formation of vortex zones at the entrance to the outlet. The size and intensity of the vortices at the inlet, in turn, determined the pressure loss, as well as the amount of sediment deposited at the water inlet, by the amount of sludge entering the outlet. The analysis of the experiments showed that the optimal threshold angle to the shore is (β = 30°, 45° 60°.; It is recommended that when setting the water intake mode it is necessary to take into account the fact that the reduction of the discharge angle to reduce the pressure loss at the inlet to the water intake, the latter is more intense carried by precipitating suspensions. It has been established that intense deformations of the Amudarya river channel occur in the area of the ABMCH water intake: Due to dredging of the channel by the dredgers, the pulp is thrown into the river channel, it turns out, as it were, storage of sediment on the right bank. This, in turn, leads to a narrowing of the river channel and siltation of the supply channel, which contributes to the movement of the channel to the left bank and complicates the intake from the river into the channel. Taking into account the complexity of the processes occurring during the division of the flow, it is necessary to consider the qualitative and quantitative aspects of this phenomenon ‘in pure form‘, without affecting the moving flow of various anti-ballistic devices. To improve the conditions of water intake and the quality of the incoming stream, an improved scheme with new structural elements is proposed.