Surcharge of sewer systems

Yen, Ben Chie; Pansic, Nicholas

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Description

Title

Surcharge of sewer systems

Author(s)

• Yen, Ben Chie
• Pansic, Nicholas

Contributor(s)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Issue Date

1980-03

Keyword(s)

• Water resource development--Illinois
• Water resources development
• Wastewater
• Waste water
• Computer models
• Conduit flow
• Drainage systems
• Flood routing
• Hydraulics
• Hydrographs
• Mathematical models
• Open-channel flow
• Sewers
• Sewer systems
• Storm drains
• Storm runoff
• Unsteady flow
• Urban drainage
• Urban runoff

Geographic Coverage

Illinois (state)

Abstract

Surcharge of a sewer is the situation in which the sewer entrance and exit are submerged and the pipe is flowing full and under pressure. In this report the hydraulics of the surcharged flow as well as the open-channel flow leading to and after surcharge is discussed in detail and formulated mathematically. The transition between open-channel and surcharge flows is also discussed. This information is especially useful for those who intend to make accurate advanced simulation of sewer flows. In this study an approximate kinematic wave - surcharge model called SURKNET is formulated to simulate open channel and surcharge flow of storm runoff in a sewer system. An example application of the model on a hypothetical sewer system is presented.

Publisher

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Water Resources Center

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/90288

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

• U.S. Department of the Interior
• U.S. Geological Survey

Copyright and License Information

Copyright 1980 held by Ben Chie Yen, Nicholas Pansic

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