Trishuli Rehabilitaion Project

Subject: Settling basin design (using Camp's Method)

Description Symbol Formula Calculation Units Remarks

Input
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Design discharge Qd 22.50 m /s
~10% of Qd, for
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Settling basin flushing discharge Qsf 2.25 m /s continues flushing
Max. discharge into the settling basin Q 24.75 m3/s
Length of settling basin (parallel section) L 100 m L/B<=10
Effective length of settling basin Lef 80 m
No. of bay 2
Hopper in each bay 2
Width of each bay W 11.50 m
Water depth above hopper H 6.00 m
Total width of settling basin W sb 23.8 m wall thickness 0.8
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Discharge in each basin Qbasin 12.38 m /s VG
Manning's number M 67 n=0.015
Water temperature t 20 oC
Accleration due to gravity g 9.81 m/s2
Density of water ρw 1000 kg/m
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Density of sediment ρs 2600 kg/m

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Calculations
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Effective surface area of basin As 920.00 m Deposition criteria
Side slope of hopper 45 degrees B = 7.2*Q0.5
Depth of hopper Dhopper 1.88 m Width of basin
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Area of hopper Ahopper 12.69 m B 24.4 m
Total height of settling basin Hsettling 7.88 OK
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Cross sectional area of the basin Ai W*H+0.5*A hopper 75.35 m
Wetted perimeter Pi 23.50 m
Hydraulic radius R 3.21 m
Hydraulic gradient Se Se = Q2/(M2*A2*R4/3) 0.000001
Shear velocity v* v* = (gRSe)0.5 0.006
Velocity in the uniform section Vbasin 0.16 m/s

Permissible horizontal velocity v  0.44 dlimit 0.20 m/s ITDG,73

Check for permissible horizontal velocity OK

Trap efficiency by different methods

Fall velocity Efficiency h(%) = Cremoved/Coriginal (%)
(w) using Hazen
Rouse m (V. Good) m (good)
Standard particle size (mm) diagram wAs/Q w/v* Camp 0.17 0.50 Vetter
0.10 0.006 0.4 0.949 40% 35% 33% 36%
0.15 0.015 1.1 2.372 85% 64% 59% 67%
0.20 0.020 1.5 3.163 100% 74% 67% 77%
0.25 0.030 2.2 4.745 100% 85% 78% 89%
0.30 0.035 2.6 5.535 100% 88% 81% 93%
0.40 0.050 3.7 7.908 100% 94% 88% 98%
0.50 0.067 5.0 10.596 100% 97% 92% 99%

Trap efficiency vs Particle size curve

110%

100%

90%

80%
Efficiency h(%)

70%

60%

50%

40%

30% Camp Hazen Vetter Hazen

20%
0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.50 0.55
Particle size (Standard Fall diameter) (mm)
Check for efficiency according to Camp Ok

Trap efficiency vs Particle size curve

110%

100%

90%

80%
Efficiency h(%)

70%

60%

50%

40%

30% Camp Hazen Vetter Hazen

20%
0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.50 0.55
Particle size (Standard Fall diameter) (mm)

Description Symbol Formula Calculation Units Remarks

Flushing gate
Width of flushing gate W gate 2.0 m B= 11.50
Depth of flushing gate Dgate 1.5 m
max Head of flushing gate Hgate 8.63 m D hopper=
at the max level of
Max Discharge through flushing channel Qmax-flushing Q  CA 2 g (hr  hh ) 23.42 m3/s water H= 6.00

H settling basin= 7.88 1.88

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W Flushing = 2.0 D Flushing= 1.5