Component: Sediments flushing pipes for desanding chambers of

Design philosophy:
Design data for Sediment flushing pipes
Diameter of each pipe = 1300 mm
Level at C/L of pipe at entry = 1400.600 m
Level at C/L of pipe at exit = 1417.950 m
Slope of pipe = Reverse grade
Total nos of pipes = 3 no.
Length of pipe 1 = 500 m
Length of pipe 2 = 200 m
Length of pipe 3 = 125.434 m
Total length of all pipes = 600m
Head on each pipe = 20.35 m
Internal pressure in each pipe = 2.0 Kg/cm2
System operation = Gravity flow
Silt concentration in each pipe = 6000 ppm
Discharge through each pipe = 5.5 cumecs
Max. velocity through each pipe = 4 to 4.2 m/s
Type of particles in sediments = Mainly quartz i.e 60% quartz
Particle size in sediments = Greater than 0.25mm
Total duration of application = 1000 hrs in a year

Design criteria:
1) These pipes have been designed on static head and thickness of steel plate has
worked out to be 6 mm. But in order to obtain the circularity and avoiding
buckling of the pipe under its self weight, 10 mm thickness is required to be
provided.
2) These pipes have also been designed/checked on external pressure as per code
IS: 11639 (part-2). For the safety of pipes, actual external pressure should be less
than the allowable buckling pressure and hence the thickness of these pipes
worked out to be 16 mm.

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3) Besides on internal & external pressure, these pipes have to be designed mainly to
cater to abrasion on account of high sediment concentration in the flowing water.
As different material possesses different chemical and mechanical properties and
hence a generalized formula to calculate erosion/abrasion rate cannot be
ascertained. It is, therefore, difficult to estimate abrasion for a given operating
conditions. Also, the presence of bends in the flushing pipes may result in
creation of sub-atmospheric pressure conditions leading to cavitation.