DESIGN OF DE-SILTING TANK

Design Discharge

4 m3/sec

Additional Discharge (1)

20% for flushing of silt from de-silting

tank

Additional Discharge (2)

20% overload

4 x 1.20 x 1.20

5.76 m3/sec

0.2 mm

THEREFORE
Design Discharge for De-silting Tank

CONSIDER
Smallest removable particle size

MAXIMUM FLOW THROUGH VELOCITY

v =
where, d =

axd
Particle size to be removed, in mm

a =

Factor varying with particle size

(44 in this case)

v =
=

44 (0.2)
19.67 cm/Sec

Say 0.19 m / sec

3.48 cm / sec

0.132 v / h

SETTLING VELOCITY
For 33 gm/l and 0.2 mm particle size,
Settling Velocity

Due to turbulence, the velocity reduces by w

Where w

H =
=

Depth of water
4.0 m (Assumed)

v =
Settling Velocity in presence of Turbulence

Settling Velocity

W w

0.035 0.132 x 0.0348 / 4.0

0.0325 m / sec

WIDTH OF DE-SILTING TANK

Q

Av = b x h x v

Q / hv

5.76 / (4.0 x 0.19)

7.5m

LENGTH OF TANK
l = vt

t is retention period

h = w t1

t1 is settling time

In no case t1 > t for 100% settlement

Considering t1 = t, we have
Length of Tank

L=hxv/w
=

4.0 * 0.19 / 0.0325

23.39 m

25 m (Say)

THEREFORE, FINAL DIMENSION OF DE-SILTING TANK

Length

25 m

Width

7.6 m

Height

4.0 m