Strategically Transitioning To Global Adaptation! by Johnnie Buttram
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 Mark Capron Jun 20, 2014 08:41  |
Johnnie,
You may know that a siphon cannot normally lift water over high points in a long pipe. This is because water usually has some dissolved gas or bacteria make gases. These gases accumulate at high points unless you include an air release valve.
I have personal experience discovering "a point too high" on a 36-inch pipe inside a wastewater treatment plant. The pipe capacity was supposed to be 40 million gallons per day. But flow maxed out near 18 mgd, even with 4 feet of extra upstream head because the secondary clarifiers flooded during a storm.
The conventional solution would be to realign about 200 feet of 36-inch pipe, costing about $500,000 in this pipe-congested area.
Instead, I added a $300 vacuum pump to suck on the outlet of the existing air release valve. Instant 40 mgd capacity. You can use the same principle to maintain gravity flow over "humps" in the pipe up to about 25 feet above sea level.
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 Johnnie Buttram Jun 20, 2014 11:24 | Proposal contributor
Mark,
Thank you for your comment and suggestion!
If the engineers on this project fail to properly re-arrange land mass formations until the ocean extended end of the conduit will always be submerged even in low tide - your vacuum pump will be very important.
In fact - every conduit on every installation should have a vacuum pump as a contingency factor.
A small price to pay to ease a huge headache. In areas off-grid - a small DC unit could be powered by a small battery/solar/panel.
Thanks again, for the improvement, Johnnie
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Johnnie Buttram Jul 28, 2014 11:27 | Proposal contributor
Dear Reader;
I currently have one member on my team'
I am in search of one more member who has
the unique SKILLS and EXPERTISE to model this
proposal before the deadline July 31.
EACH member of this proposal team of TWO
will receive 10% (ten percent) of the total points
of this proposal if any points are awarded.
Thank you,
Johnnie Buttram
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 Climate Colab Aug 21, 2014 04:26 |
Proposal cites 5 sub-proposals, all of which are by the same author. It thus does not meet the contest prompt which requested that authors create an integrated vision that combines multiple ideas from other contests.
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