Sand Trap

Volume flow rate The sand trap shall provide enough residence time to allow the p
Q= 500 m3/h with diameters larger than a given diameter "d" ,to travel down a
Sand trap dimensions distance "H", larger than the depth "ho" at the discharge.
b= 5 m
h= 5 m Particle diameter
L= 6 m Particle density
Liquid density
Depth ho of outlet channel for Liquid voscosity
a water velocity of
vout = 2 m/s
with an assumed channel width
bch = 800 mm L
Resulting depth vy
ho = Q / (vout * bch)
Q= 0.139 m3/s
vout = b
2 m
bch = 0.8 m
ho = 0.087 m v
ho = 87 mm x

Q h

Note 1. In this calculation, the horizontal particle velocity has been assumed
to be equal to water flow velocity, although the real horizontal particle velocity
is smaller than the flow velocity. Thus, the real residence time is larger than
the calculated value.
 gh residence time to allow the particles Particle settlig velocity
n diameter "d" ,to travel down a vertical d= 0.015 mm
th "ho" at the discharge. rs = 2400 kg/m3
rL = 1000 kg/m3
d= 15 mm m= 0.001 Pa s
rs = 2400 kg/m3 vy = Pipe_Slurry_Vel_Decantacion_d_rs_rL_m(P7, P8, P9, P10)
rL = 1000 kg/m3 vy = #VALUE! m/s
m= 0.001 Pa s
Peaking of the particle (H) in the time interval
Sand trap flow section (down travel distance)
A= b*h H= vy * t
b= 5 m vy = #VALUE! m/s
h= 5 m t= 1080
A= 25 m2 H= #VALUE! m
H= #VALUE! mm
Particle horizontal velocity vx (Note 1) #VALUE!
v= Q/A
Q= 0.138889
A= 25
Q
vx = 0.006 m/s
H
Residence time of particles
t= L/v
L= 6 m
vx = 0.006 m/s
t= 1080 s
ion_d_rs_rL_m(P7, P8, P9, P10)

he time interval

Water surface

ho

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Settling velocity

Settling velocity of a sphere of diameter "d" [mm], of a material with density "rs"
in a fluid with density "rL" and absolute voscosity "m" [Pa*s]

4⋅g⋅d⋅( ρ s − ρ L )
v=
√ 3⋅C D⋅ρ L
((4 *g *d *(rs - rL) / (3 * CD * rL))^0.5
v=
v= ((4 *g *d *(rs - rL) / (3 * (Pipe_Slurry_DragCoefficient_CD_Re(Re)) * rL))^0.5

Re = v*d*r / m
CD = (Pipe_Slurry_DragCoefficient_CD_Re(Re))

The function is valid for resultin Reynolds numbers within the range
0.0002 < Re < 1.000.000
This limits are given due to the validity range of the graphic CD = CD(Re)
v= Pipe_Slurry_Vel_Decantacion_d_rs_rL_m(d, rs, rL, m)
d= 2 mm
rs = 2400 kg/m3
rL = 1000 kg/m3
m= 0.001 Pa s
v= #VALUE! m/s

d d v v
mm mm m/s m/s mm/s
10 0.010 #VALUE! #VALUE!
50 0.050 #VALUE! #VALUE!
200 0.200 #VALUE! #VALUE!
500 0.5 0.063 #VALUE! #VALUE!
1000 1.0 0.137 #VALUE! #VALUE!
2000 2.0 0.255 #VALUE! #VALUE!
3000 3.0 0.361 #VALUE! #VALUE!
4000 4.0 0.420 #VALUE! #VALUE!
5000 5.0 0.473 #VALUE! #VALUE!
6000 6.0 0.521 #VALUE! #VALUE!
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Wasp, Edward J.
Solid - Liquid flow Slurry pipeline transportation
1978