EP0678632B1 - Regelvorrichtung für einen Siphon - Google Patents

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EP0678632B1
EP0678632B1 EP95420106A EP95420106A EP0678632B1 EP 0678632 B1 EP0678632 B1 EP 0678632B1 EP 95420106 A EP95420106 A EP 95420106A EP 95420106 A EP95420106 A EP 95420106A EP 0678632 B1 EP0678632 B1 EP 0678632B1
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Jean-Claude Gress
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03F—SEWERS; CESSPOOLS
    • E03F5/00—Sewerage structures
    • E03F5/10—Collecting-tanks; Equalising-tanks for regulating the run-off; Laying-up basins
    • E03F5/105—Accessories, e.g. flow regulators or cleaning devices
    • E03F5/106—Passive flow control devices, i.e. not moving during flow regulation
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D3/00—Improving or preserving soil or rock, e.g. preserving permafrost soil
    • E02D3/02—Improving by compacting
    • E02D3/10—Improving by compacting by watering, draining, de-aerating or blasting, e.g. by installing sand or wick drains
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03F—SEWERS; CESSPOOLS
    • E03F9/00—Arrangements or fixed installations methods or devices for cleaning or clearing sewer pipes, e.g. by flushing
    • E03F9/007—Devices providing a flushing surge
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04F—PUMPING OF FLUID BY DIRECT CONTACT OF ANOTHER FLUID OR BY USING INERTIA OF FLUID TO BE PUMPED; SIPHONS
    • F04F10/00—Siphons
    • F04F10/02—Gravity-actuated siphons

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  • the invention relates to a device for enabling regulation the operation of a drain-siphon.
  • deep soil drainage is carried out by siphoning off the water captured by means of one or more drains placed in the ground. This drainage is carried out either by pumping, either by gravity drainage when this is possible: sub-horizontal drains, trenches or draining walls, water that can possibly be pumped in the case of trenches or walls if gravity evacuation is not possible.
  • This document recommends in particular to avoid defusing the siphon, to install the drain at a permanent water tank in which the upstream end of the siphoning pipe is immersed, and also immerse the downstream end of said siphoning pipe in level of a permanent water tank, the upper level of which is advantageously at the same level as that of the permanent tank upstream water. It also recommends, for the same purpose, to spare the downstream end of the siphoning pipe in the form of a butt, of which the end is also at the level of the upper level of the tank permanent water.
  • One of the objects of the invention is to stop the flow of the siphon when the latter reaches said critical value. Furthermore, it also relates to re-priming the siphon when the hydraulic head renewed in the borehole at which the drain is installed becomes sufficient to ability to cause a turbulent regime at the level of the siphon remove the air bubble that has accumulated there.
  • the invention proposes a device for ensuring regulation the operation of a drain-siphon, whose upstream and downstream ends permanently immerse in a permanent reservoir of liquid, and especially water.
  • one of the ends of said siphon is provided with a member intended to stop the drainage when the flow flow reaches a minimum threshold called "critical flow", said the member being further intended to re-prime the siphon by flushing effect, when the drainage has been interrupted.
  • This organ consists of a tube on the one hand, the end of which lower U-shaped is full of water in normal operation and plunges into said reservoir at which the organ is implanted, and whose upper end extends vertically within a bell closed at both ends and with a screened base in the vicinity of the location of the tube on the reservoir, said tube being further connected at the same level to a regulation line, the free upper end, in the shape of a butt ends at a level lower than the upper level of said tube.
  • said member is fixed at the upstream end of the siphon, the lower end from the screened base of the bell located at the top of the downstream end in the shape of a butt of the siphon.
  • said member is implanted at the downstream end of the siphon, said end leading to the upper level of the strainer base of the tube constituting said organ, at within a peripheral tube coming to rest on the permanent reservoir downstream water, the upstream end of the siphon at which the drain is implanted with a screened base, the lower level of which roughly corresponds to the level of introduction of the downstream end of the siphon in said organ.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a siphon of a known type.
  • Figure 2 shows the device according to the invention in place at the upstream end of the siphon.
  • Figure 3 shows the device according to the invention in place at the downstream end of said siphon.
  • FIG. 1 a sectional view showing a single drain. This drain is installed at the level of a wellbore (30), opening at its upper end by a look at the level by example of a road (31).
  • This drain consists of a siphoning pipe (3), of which the upstream end (32) plunges permanently into a tank (1) permanently filled with water, and whose downstream end (33) plunges also permanently in a water tank (34), the level upper of the two water tanks, respectively (1) and (34) being about the same level.
  • the siphoning tube (3) is placed in the slope so that it is frost-free on the one hand, and out of the sun on the other go.
  • the permanent water tank (1) at which dives the upstream end of the siphoning tube (3) is closed by a plug (2) in the upper part.
  • This plug is therefore crossed on the one hand, by the siphoning tube (3) and on the other hand, by a tube (4) atmospheric pressure of said permanent water tank (1), said tube (4) being for example constituted by a rilsan.
  • the plug (2) is also crossed by a tube (5), the end of which lower (6) plunges into the permanent water tank (1) and presents a U-shape, said U-shape (6) being permanently filled of water in normal operation.
  • the tube (5) is surmounted outside the permanent water tank (1), it is say above the cap (2) by a bell constituted by a tube (7), concentric with the tube (5), closed at its upper end and strainer at its base in (8).
  • the tube (5) is connected at the level and through the plug (2) to a regulation pipe (9), the free upper end of which stock form (10) ends at a level below the level above of the tube (5) within the bell (7).
  • downstream end (11) of the siphoning tube (3) ends in the shape of a butt, the top of which (12) is fixed at the same horizontal level as that of the plug (2) of the upstream end.
  • the bell (7) and the tube (5) are primed: the water from the borehole (13) located above the strainer (8), flows into the bell (7) and the tube (5), and feeds the permanent water tank (1), the latter being pumped through the siphon hose.
  • the water level in the pipe (4) is characteristic of the load hydraulic in the permanent water tank (1).
  • the device according to the invention at the downstream end of the tube siphoning.
  • the upstream end is treated in permanent simple water tank (1) placed in the drain (13), in which is immersed the end (32) of the siphoning tube and whose level upper is fixed on the horizontal level (23) serving as a reference later.
  • said permanent water tank (1) is extended above this level (23) by a strainer portion (35), allowing the penetration of water into the permanent water tank, and which can constitute a second filter.
  • the downstream end of the siphon ends in a curved shape (37) connected at its upper part (15) to the level (23) on a tube (16), for example polyvinyl chloride (PVC), said tube (16) being open to its upper part (17), and closed at its lower part (18) by a plug (36).
  • a tube (16) for example polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
  • PVC polyvinyl chloride
  • Said cap (36), placed on the permanent water tank downstream (16), is crossed by a tube (19) whose lower end has a U shape (20) always full of water during normal operation.
  • the tube (19) is surmounted by a cylindrical tube forming a bell, closed at its upper part (21), and strainer at its base (22) at its junction with the plug (36).
  • a regulation pipe (14) is connected to said tube (19) in (24), that is to say at the level of the plug (18).
  • the free end (25) of this regulating pipe is in the form of a butt, and penetrates the inside of the upper part of the tube (16) up to a level lower than the upper level of the tube (19).
  • the free end of the U-shape (20) of the tube (19) ends at a level below that of the strainer end (22) of the bell (21).
  • the purpose of the regulation pipe (9) respectively (14) is to let the water rise in the bell (7) respectively (21) when it rises in the tube (5), respectively (16), the air expelled in front of it can borrow the pipe (9), respectively (14).
  • the level of the water in the tube (13), respectively (16) reaches the lower part of the connection area of the pipeline (9) respectively (14) with the plug (2, 36), the air can no longer escape through said pipe (9,14), and begins to pressurize at the top of the bell (7), respectively (21) and in the pipe (5, 19).

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  1. Vorrichtung zur Regelung eines Siphons, dessen ober- (32) und unterströmige (33) Enden ständig in einen dauernd mit einer Flüssigkeit, insbesondere Wasser, gefüllten Tank (1, 34) tauchen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die besagte Vorrichtung eine Regelungs- und Wiederansaugeinrichtung (5, 7, 19, 21) beträgt, die an einem Ende des besagten Siphons angebracht wird, und die die Dränung unterbricht sobald der Abfluß-Durchsatz eine " kritischer Durchsatz" benannte Minimal schwelle erreicht, und der den Siphon durch ein Wasserspülungs-Effekt nach dem Unterbruch der Dränung wieder ansaugt, wobei die besagte Regelungs- und Wiederansaugeinrichtung (5, 7, 19, 21) ein Rohr (5, 19) beträgt, dessen unteres Ende U-förmig (6, 20) ist, und dessen oberes Ende sich senkrecht innerhalb einer Glocke (7,21) erstreckt.
  2. Vorrichtung gemäß Anforderung 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Regelungs- und Wiederansaugeinrichtung einerseits aus einem Rohr (5, 19) besteht, dessen U-förmiges unteres Ende (6, 20) im Normalbetrieb voll Wasser ist und in den besagten Tank (1, 34) taucht, bei welchem die Einrichtung angebaut ist, und dessen oberes Ende sich senkrecht innerhalb einer an beiden Enden geschlossenen Glocke (7,21) erstreckt, die ein saugkopfartiges unteres Ende (8, 22) in der Nähe derAnbaulage des Rohres (5, 19) auf dem Tank (1, 34) aufweist, wobei das besagte Rohr ausserdem auf der gleichen Ebene mit einer Regelungsleitung (9, 14) verbunden ist, dessen oberes, hakenförmig gebogenes freies Ende (10, 25) auf einer Ebene endet, die unter der oberen Ebene des besagten Rohres (5, 19) endet.
  3. Vorrichtung gemäß Anforderung 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die besagte Regelungs- und Wiederansaugeinrichtung an dem oberströmigen Ende (32) des Siphons (3) befestigt ist, wobei das untere Ende des saugkopfartigen Unterteils (8) der Glocke (7) sich auf der Ebene des Scheitels (12) des hakenförmig gebogenen (11) unterstromigen Endes (33) des Siphons (3) befindet.
  4. Vorrichtung gemäß Anforderung 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die besagte Regelungs- und Wiederansaugeinrichtung an dem unterströmigen Ende (33) des Siphons (3) befestigt ist, wobei das besagte Ende (37) des Siphons (3), das auf der Ebene (15) über dem saugkopfartigen Unterteil (22) des ein Bestandteil dieser Einrichtung bildenden Rohres (19), innerhalb eines periferischen Rohrs (16) endet, das auf dem unterströmigen dauernd vollen Tank (34) aufliegt, wobei das oberströmige Ende (32) des Siphons (3) wo das Drainrohr angebracht ist einen saugkopfartigen Unterteil (35) aufweist, dessen untere Ebene (23) merklich mit der Einführ-Ebene (15) des unterströmigen Endes (37) des Siphons in der besagten Einrichtung übereinstimmt.
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