Hydrodynamics of a Raft-Type Device with Water Tanks

Author(s):  
Siming Zheng
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2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16
Author(s):  
Abdulkhaleq K Mahmood ◽  
Ali A Kamal ◽  
Ako R Hama

The scarcity of safe drinking water is one of the problems faced by the majority of cities in the world. Kirkuk city is one of these cities, which suffer from a shortage of drinking water. People have adopted the use of different rooftop tanks to overcome this problem. This research focuses on studying the effect of storage time on the five main characteristics of drinking water, which include, acid index (pH), electrical conductivity (EC), total suspended solids (TSS), total dissolved solids (TDS), and turbidity (Tr). Three types of tanks were used predominantly (galvanized metal, plastic, and aluminum tanks). By analyzing the results, the characteristics of three samples of municipal source water obtained. Three samples were taken from each tank at different periods (4, 8, and 12 days). The results showed that the storage time affected the characteristics of drinking water. These characteristics differed from one tank to another. Metal tanks showed an increase in total dissolved solids, due to the evaporation process, even as plastic and aluminum tanks showed an increase in pH. The properties of all storage water tanks changed with times, but overall, the results were within the Iraqi limitation for drinking water. It was not easy to only depend on the results of this study to believe that any one type of water tank was better than the other, as the values of most of the variables studied had varied from one type to other. However, many studies have indicated a number of health risks, and most significantly with regard to plastic tanks, which are said to contain dangerous organic compounds that can be transferred to water. Metal tanks can cause zinc leakage, caused by a number of environmental factors at high levels. Aluminum tanks also can have an effect on the water in tanks.


1990 ◽  
Vol 22 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 69-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Durchschlag

As a result of urbanization, the pollutant discharges from sources such as treatment plant effluents and polluted stormwaters are responsible for an unacceptable water quality in the receiving waters.In particular, combined sewer system overflows may produce great damage due to a shock effect. To reduce these combined sewer overflow discharges, the most frequently used method is to build stormwater storage tanks. During storm water runoff, the hydraulic load of waste water treatment plants increases with additional retention storage. This might decrease the treatment efficiency and thereby decrease the benefit of stormwater storage tanks. The dynamic dependence between transport, storage and treatment is usually not taken into account. This dependence must be accounted for when planning treatment plants and calculating storage capacities in order to minimize the total pollution load to the receiving waters. A numerical model will be described that enables the BOD discharges to be continuously calculated. The pollutant transport process within the networks and the purification process within the treatment plants are simulated. The results of the simulation illustrate; a statistical balance of the efficiency of stormwater tanks with the treatment plant capacity and to optimize the volume of storm water tanks and the operation of combined sewer systems and treatment plants.


Author(s):  
Osama Mahfooz ◽  
Mujtaba Memon ◽  
Asim Iftikhar

<span>A PLC is a digital computer used to automate electromechanical processes. This research is<span> based on automation of a water tank by using Siemens PLC. Automatic control of water tanks<span> can work continuously and can provide accurate quantity of water in less time. In such process<span> there is no need of labor so there is no human error. Without human error, the quality of product<span> is better and the cost of production would definitely decrease with no error in quantity required.<span> Water level sensing can be implemented in industrial plants, commercial use and even at home<br /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></span></span></span></span></span>


Author(s):  
Imed Eddine Achouri ◽  
Gontran Richard ◽  
Thami Zeghloul ◽  
Karim Medles ◽  
Mohamed Fodil Boukhoulda ◽  
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Author(s):  
Jeonggyo Yoon ◽  
Minsun Kang ◽  
Jaehun Jung ◽  
Min Jae Ju ◽  
Sung Hwan Jeong ◽  
...  

Humidifier disinfectant (HD) is a household biocidal product used in humidifier water tanks to prevent the growth of microorganisms. In 2011, a series of lung injury cases of unknown causes emerged in children and pregnant women who had used HD in Korea. This study investigated changes in the nationwide number of cases of humidifier disinfectant-associated lung injury (HDLI) in concordance with nationwide HD consumption using data covering the entire Korean population. More than 25 kinds of HD products were sold between 1994 and 2011. The number of diagnosed HDLI, assessed by S27.3 (other injuries of lungs) of the Korea National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) data, sharply increased by 2005, subsequently decreased after 2005, and almost disappeared after 2011 in concordance with the annual number of HD sales. The number of self-reported HDLIs, assessed using data from all suspected HDLI cases registered in the Korea Ministry of Environment, changed with the annual number of HD sales, with a delay pattern, potentially induced by the late awareness of lung injury diseases. The present study suggests that changes in the nationwide annual consumption of HD products were consistent with changes in the annual number of HDLI cases in Korea.


Author(s):  
D M Bucur ◽  
C M Ghergu ◽  
N O Tănase ◽  
E C Isbăşoiu
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2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 1203-1223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eyal Price ◽  
Avi Ostfeld

Linear water balance optimal operation models are common with relative short solution times but suffer from a lack of certainty whether the given solution is at all hydraulically feasible. Introducing hydraulic headloss, water leakage and changing pump energy consumption, effect the resulting system optimal operation but also create a non-linear problem due to the convex relation between flow, headloss, water leakage and total head. This study utilizes a methodology published by the authors for linearization of convex or concave equations. An iterative linear programming (LP) minimal cost optimal operation supply model is solved including the Hazen–Williams headloss equation, pressure related water leakage equation, changing pump energy consumption and source cost. The model is demonstrated using an example application. ‘Greater than’ or ‘less than’ water head constraints at nodes may force the system to maintain certain water levels in water tanks reducing the available operating volume forcing pumping stations to operate in peak tariff periods as less storage is available in low tariff periods. Operationally, reducing water leakage may be achieved by reducing water heads along the system by means of shifting pump operation periods and maintaining low water levels in water tanks. Source costs may serve as penalties or rewards discouraging or encouraging the use of certain water sources.


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