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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/13461| Title: | St. Johns Bayou Pumping Station, Missouri : hydraulic model investigation |
| Authors: | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Memphis District Fletcher, Bobby P. |
| Keywords: | Pump intake Pump sump Pumping station Swirl Vortices New Madrid region Intakes Design Construction Hydraulic models |
| Publisher: | Hydraulics Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Technical report (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station) ; HL-91-3. |
| Description: | Technical Report Abstract: The design of the proposed St. Johns Pumping Station at New Madrid, MO, consisted of three vertical pumps with a total capacity of 1,000 cfs. A 1:11.5-scale pumping station model of the pump intakes, sump, and inlet channel was used to investigate and develop a practical design that would provide satisfactory hydraulic performance. The model tests revealed that prototype construction costs could be reduced by reducing the sump length and the angle of the approach wing walls. Initially, adverse flow distribution and excessive swirl were measured in the pump intakes. A pump intake design was developed that had insignificant swirl and provided good flow distribution for anticipated flow conditions. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/13461 |
| Appears in Collections: | Technical Report |
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| TR-HL-91-3.pdf | 3.8 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |