The measurement of the flow through complex combined sewer overflow structures in the frame of automated monitoring remains difficult. In this paper, a methodology based on the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling in order to improve the instrumentation of a downstream-controlled dual-overflow structure is presented. The dual-overflow structure is composed of two combined sewer overflows (CSOs) connected by a rectangular channel and controlled by a downstream gate located at the entry of the Meyzieu waste water treatment plant (close to Lyon, France). The analysis of the CFD results provides: (i) a better understanding of the interaction between the two CSOs – that means the hydraulic operation, the hydrodynamic behaviour, the backflow effect – and (ii) an ability to optimise the location of the water depth sensor. The measured water depth is used to assess the overflow rate by means of a numerical relationship. Uncertainties are also assessed.
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July 01 2011
The use of CFD modelling to optimise measurement of overflow rates in a downstream-controlled dual-overflow structure
G. Lipeme Kouyi;
1Université de Lyon, F-69000 Lyon, France and INSA-Lyon, LGCIE, F- 69621 Villeurbanne, France
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P. Bret;
P. Bret
2Communauté Urbaine de Lyon – Direction de l'Eau, Bureau d'étude, Unité Etudes Générales et Modélisation TRIANGLE 117 Boulevard Vivier Merle, 69003 Lyon, France
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J.-M. Didier;
J.-M. Didier
2Communauté Urbaine de Lyon – Direction de l'Eau, Bureau d'étude, Unité Etudes Générales et Modélisation TRIANGLE 117 Boulevard Vivier Merle, 69003 Lyon, France
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B. Chocat;
B. Chocat
1Université de Lyon, F-69000 Lyon, France and INSA-Lyon, LGCIE, F- 69621 Villeurbanne, France
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C. Billat
C. Billat
3Communauté Urbaine de Lyon – Service Usines, Cellule Process – Instrumentation, 34 rue Margueritte, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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Water Sci Technol (2011) 64 (2): 521–527.
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Received:
July 01 2010
Accepted:
September 03 2010
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G. Lipeme Kouyi, P. Bret, J.-M. Didier, B. Chocat, C. Billat; The use of CFD modelling to optimise measurement of overflow rates in a downstream-controlled dual-overflow structure. Water Sci Technol 1 July 2011; 64 (2): 521–527. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2011.162
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