This study proposes the use of a pipe line system to transport the inflow sediment to a reservoir through the dam, and discharge it downstream. The system is powered by the available head at the dam. It aims at restoring the original sediment transport regime of the river (i.e. before the dam was built). The idea is fundamentally sound because of the much more efficient sediment transport characteristics of pipes compared to that of open channels. The necessary theory for the hydraulic design of such a system was simply not available and is developed in this study. The work of numerous previous investigators is summarized in the final results and in the developed equation which allows for the calculation of the capacity transport concentration of sediments in pipes. This equation, coupled with the most accepted head loss equation, and the continuity principle, allows for the hydraulic design of systems transporting grannular material. The calculation procedures were fitted into computer programs. In addition to computer programs, design charts where developed which allow for quick application as well as visualization of the developed concepts. It was concluded that the proposed system is fundamentally feasible. Although no economic analysis was conducted, indicators show that it is also economically favorable.

Wong Chi-chun. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-118). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii / Chinese Abstract --- p.v / Table of Contents --- p.vii / List of Figures --- p.x / List of Tables --- p.xii / List of Plates --- p.xiii / Chapter Chapter 1 --- General Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Study Site --- p.1 / Chapter 1.3 --- Experimental Organisms --- p.4 / Chapter 1.4 --- Objectives --- p.8 / Chapter 1.5 --- Outline of the Thesis --- p.8 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- The Physical Parameters of AMW and AYW in Ping Chau / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- Materials and Methods --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Sedimentation rates --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Particle size analysis for trapped sediments --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Total suspended solid --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Relative light penetration --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- Statistical analysis --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3 --- Results --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Sedimentation rates --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Particle size analysis --- p.17 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Total suspended solids --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Relative light penetration --- p.21 / Chapter 2.4 --- Discussion --- p.21 / Chapter 2.5 --- Summary --- p.27 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- The Growth Rates of Platygyra sinensis and Goniopora columna Under Different Sediment Load Environments / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.28 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Staining by Alizarin Red S --- p.29 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- X-ray radiography for growth bands --- p.31 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Photography or Video recording --- p.39 / Chapter 3.1.4 --- Counting the number of polyps --- p.33 / Chapter 3.1.5 --- Accurate buoyant weighing technique --- p.33 / Chapter 3.1.6 --- Concrete nail --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2 --- Materials and Methods --- p.36 / Chapter 3.3 --- Results --- p.37 / Chapter 3.4 --- Discussion --- p.38 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Sediment-rejection efficiency of Platygyra sinensis and Goniopora columna in situ and in aquarium / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.44 / Chapter 4.2 --- Materials and Methods --- p.45 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- hi si/11 Experiment --- p.45 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- In Aquarium --- p.46 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Statistical analysis --- p.47 / Chapter 4.3 --- Results --- p.47 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Behavioral responses --- p.47 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Treatment effects --- p.48 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Convexity of Platygyra sinensis --- p.48 / Chapter 4.4 --- Discussion --- p.52 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- The Effects of Continuous Sediment Influx on Platygyra sinensis and Goniopora columna / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.57 / Chapter 5.2 --- Materials and Methods --- p.59 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Aquaria set-up --- p.59 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Coral handling --- p.60 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Preliminary screening experiment --- p.60 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Persistent sediment influx experiment --- p.61 / Chapter 5.2.5 --- Evaluation of zooxanthellae and chlorophyll-a densities --- p.62 / Chapter 5.2.6 --- Daily weather records --- p.63 / Chapter 5.3 --- Results --- p.63 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Preliminary screening experiment --- p.63 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Persistent influx experiment --- p.64 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Weather data from Hong Kong Observatory --- p.71 / Chapter 5.3.4 --- Aquaria condition --- p.71 / Chapter 5.4 --- Discussion --- p.74 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Short-term Sediment Burial Effects on Platygyra sinensis and Goniopora columna --- p.81 / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.81 / Chapter 6.2 --- Materials and Methods --- p.82 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- In situ burial experiments --- p.82 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Burial experiment in aquaria --- p.84 / Chapter 6.3 --- Results --- p.85 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Behavioral response --- p.85 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- First in situ burial experiment 一 Oct1999 --- p.85 / Chapter 6.3.3 --- Second in situ burial experiment - Jan2000 --- p.92 / Chapter 6.3.4 --- Burial experiment in aquaria - Mid-June2000 --- p.102 / Chapter 6.4 --- Discussion --- p.103 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Summary and Perspective --- p.109 / References --- p.114

Bull Run Watershed was set aside in late the 1800s as the water supply source for the City of Portland. Other than two dams being constructed, Reservoir #1 (1929) and Reservoir #2 (1962), development of the land had been minimal as public access was restricted. In the early 1960s, land management changed with increased road building and timber removal raising concerns about increased sediment discharge into the reservoirs. The objective of this study is to evaluate how much and how fast the sediment has accumulated in Reservoir #1, and to determine if the rate of sediment accumulation has changed over time. Three methods are utilized: 1) differencing map comparing pre- and postimpoundment sediment conditions, 2) analysis of tree-stumps on reservoir floor, and 3) gravity coring of reservoir sediment. Combining these methods, sediment volume is estimated between 254,000-422,000 cubic meters (332,000-552,000 cubic yards) and the rate of accumulation between 11.5-19.1 tonnes/km2/yr, reflecting a relatively low sediment yield rate. Two anomalous event-layers were identified in gravity cores collected. These are interpreted to be the 1964 flood and the 1972 North Fork Slide. Using these two events, sediment yield rate was divided into different historical segments: 15.33 (1930-1965); 43.62 (1965-1972); and 17.00 tonnes/km2/yr (1972-1993). The increase from 1965-1972 is attributed to either residual affects from the 1964 flood and/or changes in land management activities during this time. The source of the reservoir sediment is primarily from upper tributaries, with 20 percent being attributed to the anomalous events. Smaller amounts of sediment come from the reservoir side walls as lake levels raise and lower. Suspension and turbidity conditions in the reservoir are affected by the dynamics of the drainage system including seasonal fluctuations. Turbidity remains high at the upper reaches of the reservoir before settling out closer to the dam. Some sediment possibly leaves the reservoir over the spill-way or when water is removed for power production.

The objective of this study was to determine the origin of sediment currently collected in Black Lake, an extremely productive salmon fishing environment located along a remote section of the Alaska Peninsula, AK. To meet the goals of this project, soil cores were collected at the site during an extensive field study. The field investigation was based on a prior numerical study, which revealed the most erodible areas and the hydrologic patterns in Black Lake and its tributaries, namely the Alec River. From this study, select locations of the catchment were chosen for coring. These included the Alec River Delta, Black Lake, and four tributaries in the catchment. These samples were analyzed for the radionuclides 137Cs and 210Pb to determine soil deposition rates using Gamma Spectroscopy. To determine the sedimentation rate of each coring location, spikes in the 137Cs activity were connected to the known cesium deposition peak in 1964 and the depth of soil above the peak was divided by the number of years that have passed. This gave a spatially averaged deposition rate within the lake of roughly 0.25 cm/y. This result closely compared to the numerical study of Elhakeem and Papanicolaou (2008) and to a study done in close proximity to Black Lake in the early 1990s (Stihler et al. 1992). The rate of each location was then validated by visually analyzing each core using soil color demarcation lines to determine the soil composition. This analysis resulted in the discovery of a variety of soil types ranging from silts and clays, to coarse sands, to volcanic tephra. It was concluded that the lake flow patterns, the introduction of volcanic material from nearby Mt. Veniaminof, and back water resulting from deposition occurring down stream of Black Lake at the Black River's junction with the West Fork River are some of the main contributors for the deposition in the lake.

Temperate mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments and authigenic minerals are the current surficial deposits at shelf and slope depths (30-1015 m water depth) on the north Kaipara continental margin (NKCM) in northern New Zealand. This is the first detailed study of these NKCM deposits which are described and mapped from the analysis of 54 surficial sediment samples collected along seven shorenormal transects and from three short piston cores. Five surficial sediment facies are defined from the textural and compositional characteristics of this sediment involving relict, modern or mixed relict-modern components. Facies 1 (siliciclastic sand) forms a modern sand prism that extends out to outer shelf depths and contains three subfacies. Subfacies 1a (quartzofeldspathic sand) is an extensive North Island volcanic and basement rock derived sand deposit that occurs at less than 100-200 m water depth across the entire NKCM. Subfacies 1b (heavy mineral sand) occurs at less than 50 m water depth along only two transects and consists of predominantly local basaltic to basaltic andesite derived heavy mineral rich (gt30%) deposits. Subfacies 1c (mica rich sand) occurs at one sample site at 300 m water depth and contains 20-30% mica grains, probably sourced from South Island schists and granites. Facies 2 (glauconitic sand) comprises medium to fine sand with over 30% and up to 95% authigenic glauconite grains occurring in areas of low sedimentation on the outer shelf and upper slope (150-400 m water depth) in central NKCM. Facies 3 (mixed bryozoan-siliciclastic sand) consists of greater than 40% bryozoan skeletal material and occurs only in the northern half of the NKCM. Facies 4 (pelletal mud) occurs on the mid shelf (100-150 m water depth) in northern NKCM and comprises muddy sediment dominated by greater than c. 30% mixed carbonatesiliciclastic pellets. Facies 5 (foraminiferal mud and sand) contains at least 30% foraminifera tests and comprises two subfacies. Subfacies 5a consists of at least 50% mud sized sediment and occurs at gt400 m water depth in southern NKCM while subfacies 5b comprises gt70% sand sized sediment and occurs at mid to outer shelf and slope depths in the northern NKCM. vi A number of environmental controls affect the composition and distribution of NKCM sediments and these include: (1) variable sediment inputs to the NKCM dominated by inshore bedload sources from the south; (2) northerly directed nearshore littoral and combined storm-current sediment transport on the beach and shelf, respectively; (3) offshore suspended sediment bypassing allowing deposition of authigenic minerals and skeletal grains; (4) exchange between the beach and shelf producing similar compositions and grain sizes at less than 150 m water depth; and (5) the episodic rise of sea level since the Last Glaciation maximum approximately 20 000 years ago which has resulted in much sediment being left stranded at greater depths than would otherwise be anticipated. Sedimentation models developed from other wave-dominated shelves generally do not appear to apply to the NKCM sediments due to their overall relative coarseness and their mosaic textural characteristics. In particular, the NKCM sediments do not show the expected fining offshore trends of most wavedominated shelf models. Consequently, sandy sediments (both siliciclastic and authigenic) are most typical with mud becoming a dominant component in southern NKCM sediments only at greater than 400 m water depth, over 350 m deeper than most models suggest, a situation accentuated by the very low mud sediment supply to the NKCM from the bordering Northland landmass.

Semi-arid environments are mainly characterized by scarce water resources and are usually subject to risks of water stress. In these regions, water supply for drinking and irrigation purposes depends strongly on storage in surface reservoirs and sediment deposition in these reservoirs affects adversely the water storage. In order to reproduce the complex behaviour of sediment deposition in reservoirs located in semi-arid environments and the effects of using sediment management techniques, a reservoir sedimentation model is developed and coupled within the WASA-SED model, which simulates rainfall-runoff processes and sediment transport at the hillslope and river network. The reservoir sedimentation model consists of two modelling approaches, which may be applied according to reservoir size and data availability. For reservoirs with information about their geometric features (reservoir topography, stage-area and stage-volume curves) and physical properties of sediment deposits, such as deposition thickness, grain size distribution of sediment deposits and sediment densities, a detailed modelling approach of reservoir sedimentation may be applied. For reservoirs without those characteristics, a simplified modelling approach is used. The detailed modelling approach of reservoir sedimentation enables the assessment of sediment deposition pattern in reservoirs and the evaluation of sediment release efficiency of sediment management techniques. It simulates sediment transport along the longitudinal profile of a reservoir. The reservoir is divided into cross sections to elaborate the sediment budget. The sediment transport component is calculated using a non-uniform sediment transport approach based on the concept of sediment carrying capacity. Four different sediment-transport equations can be selected for the simulations. The simplified modelling approach of reservoir sedimentation is suitable to simulate water and sediment transfer in dense reservoirs network. Nevertheless, it allows simulating neither sediment management techniques, nor spatial distribution of sedimentation. In this approach, the reservoirs are classified into small and strategic reservoirs according to their location and size. Strategic reservoirs are medium and large-sized reservoirs located on main rivers at the sub-basin’s outlet or reservoirs of particular interest. The small reservoirs are located at tributary streams and represented in the model in an aggregate manner by grouping them into size classes according to their storage capacity. A cascade routing scheme is used to describe the upstream-downstream position of the reservoir classes. The water and sediment balances of small reservoirs are computed for one hypothetical representative reservoir of mean characteristics. Sediment trapping efficiency and effluent grain size distribution are estimated using the overflow rate concept. Three model applications are carried out within this research, as follows: • The detailed modelling approach of reservoir sedimentation is applied to the 92.2 Mm³ Barasona Reservoir, located in the foothills of the Central Pyrenees (Aragon, Spain). A two-stage calibration was performed to account for changes on the sediment deposition pattern caused by sediment management. The reservoir sedimentation model is then validated for another simulation period which confirms that the processes related to reservoir sedimentation are well represented by the model. • An application is carried out to the 933-km² Benguê catchment, located in the semi-arid region of Northeast Brazil. The catchment is characterized by a dense reservoir network, covering almost 45% of the catchment area, with a significant lack of data. Water and sediment balances of those reservoirs are computed using the simplified modelling approach. Three spatial configurations describing the cascade routing scheme are tested. • The reservoir sedimentation model is applied again to the Barasona reservoir to evaluate the sediment release efficiency of sediment management strategies. Cost analysis is presented to help in the choice of the most promising sediment management technique for that situation. Thus, the model enables the assessment of technical features of the sediment management strategies. Overall, simulation results are characterized by large uncertainties, partly due to low data availability and also due to uncertainties of the model structure to adequately represent the processes related to reservoir sedimentation. / Semiaride Gebiete sind hauptsächlich durch geringe Wasserressourcen gekennzeichnet und unterliegen häufig dem Risiko der Wasserknappheit. In diesen Gebieten ist die Wasserbereitstellung für Bewässerung und Trinkwasserversorgung stark von der oberflächlichen Speicherung in Stauseen abhängig, deren Wasserverfügbarkeit nachteilig durch Sedimentablagerung beeinflusst wird. Zur Wiedergabe des komplexen Sedimentablagerungsverhaltens in Stauseen von semiariden Gebieten und die Auswirkungen von Sedimentmanagementmaßnahmen wird ein Sedimentationsmodell entwickelt und mit dem WASA-SED Modell gekoppelt, das für die Modellierung der Abflussbildung und des Sedimenttransportes in Einzugsgebieten geeignet ist. Das Sedimentationsmodell beinhaltet zwei Ansätze, die unter der Berücksichtigung verschiedener Stauseengrößenklassen und Datenverfügbarkeit eingesetzt werden können. Für die Stauseen mit verfügbaren Informationen über ihre geometrischen Eigenschaften (wie Stauseetopographie und Höhe-Fläche-Volumen-Beziehung) und weitere Kenngrößen wie Ablagerungsmächtigkeit, Korngrößenverteilung und Sedimentdichte, kann ein detaillierter Modellansatz für die Sedimentablagerung verwendet werden. Wo diese Informationen nicht verfügbar sind, wird auf einen vereinfachten Ansatz zurückgegriffen. Der detaillierte Modellansatz ermöglicht die Betrachtung von Ablagerungsmustern im Stausee und Einschätzungen über die Effektivität von Sedimentmanagementmaßnahmen hinsichtlich der Sedimententlastung. Dieser Ansatz beruht auf der Simulation des Sedimenttransportes entlang eines Stauseelängsprofils. Für die Berechnung des Sedimenttransfers wird der Stauseekörper in einer Folge von Querprofilen repräsentiert. Der Sedimenttransport wird dabei korngrößenspezifisch entsprechend der Transportkapazität berechnet. Dafür stehen vier verschiedenen Sedimenttransportgleichungen zur Verfügung. Der vereinfachte Modellansatz ist für die Simulation des Sedimenttransfers in Gebieten mit hoher Stauseedichte geeignet, jedoch können weder Sedimentmanagementmaßnahmen noch die räumliche Verteilung der Ablagerungen berücksichtigt werden. Dafür werden die Stauseen in Abhängigkeit von ihrer Größe und Position in kleine und strategische Stauseen unterteilt. Dabei sind strategische Stausseen solche mit mittlerem bis großem Volumen sowie einer Lage im Hauptgerinne oder solche mit sonstiger besonderer Bedeutung. Kleine Stauseen hingegen befinden sich an den Nebenflüssen und werden im Modell in aggregierter Form durch ihre Einteilung in Stauseegrößenklassen repräsentiert. Ein Kaskadenverfahren wird für den Wasser- und Sedimentlauf zwischen den Stauseeklassen verwendet. Dabei werden für jede Stauseeklasse der Wasser- sowie Sedimenthaushalt für einen hypothetischen repräsentativen Stausee mit mittleren Eigenschaften berechnet. Die Sedimentaufnahme und die Korngrößenverteilung des abgegebenen Sediments werden mit dem Überlaufanteil-Ansatz berechnet. In dieser Studie werden drei Modellanwendungen vorgestellt: • Für den 92,2 Mio.m³-großen Barasona-Stausee (Vorland der Zentralpyrenäen, Aragon, Spanien) wird die Modellierung der Sedimentablagerung mit dem detaillierten Modellansatz vorgenommen. Die Kalibrierung dafür wurde in zwei Schritten durchgeführt, um Änderungen im Stauseemanagement Rechnung zu tragen. Die ModellValidierung wird schließlich für eine andere Simulationsperiode vorgenommen. Dabei wird ersichtlich, dass die Prozesse der Sedimentablagerung gut durch das Modell wiedergegeben werden. • Das Modell wird auf das 933 km²-große Benguê-Einzugsgebiet, das sich im semiariden Nordosten Brasiliens befindet, angewendet. Dieses Einzugsgebiet ist durch eine hohe Dichte an kleinen Stauseen, charakterisiert, die fast 45% des Gebietes umfasst, wofür jedoch wenige Messdaten verfügbar sind. Deshalb werden der Wasser- und Sedimenttransport mit dem vereinfachten Modellansatz berechnet. Dabei werden drei Konfigurationen des Kaskadenverfahrens getestet. • Die Modellanwendung erfolgt erneut für den Barasona-Stausee bezüglich der Effektivität der Sedimentmanagementmaßnahmen. Eine Kostenanalyse ermöglicht die Auswahl geeigneter Maßnahmen für den Stausee. Dadurch wird eine Beurteilung der verschiedenen Sedimentmanagementstrategien ermöglicht. Im Allgemeinen unterliegen die Simulationsergebnisse großen Unsicherheiten, teilweise wegen der geringen Datenverfügbarkeit, andererseits durch die Unsicherheiten in der Modellstruktur zur korrekten Wiedergabe der Sedimentablagerungsprozesse.

Die Dissertation verfolgt das Ziel, das Sedimentationsverhalten kolloidaler Suspensionen in Abhängigkeit von der Partikelkonzentration und den Partikelwechselwirkungen zu untersuchen und die Grenzen einer Sedimentationsanalyse im Zentrifugalkraftfeld auszuarbeiten. Um Effekte der Partikelagglomeration von den anderen Einflussfaktoren unterscheiden zu können, wurde besonderes Augenmerk auf die Gewährleistung der Suspensionsstabilität und deren messtechnischen Nachweis gerichtet. Im Submikrometerbereich gewinnen die zwischen den einzelnen Partikeln wirkenden nicht-hydrodynamischen Kräfte gegenüber Trägheits- oder Feldkräften an Bedeutung und können diese sogar dominieren. Infolgedessen ist der Zustand einer kolloidalen Suspension nicht mehr allein über die Partikelgrößenverteilung und die Partikelkonzentration definiert, sondern gleichfalls abhängig von den bestehenden Grenzflächeneigenschaften, die wiederum von solchen Eigenschaften der kontinuierlichen Phase wie pH-Wert oder Elektrolytgehalt abhängen. Im Zentrum der experimentellen Arbeiten stand die Untersuchung des Einflusses der Partikelkonzentration auf das Sedimentationsverhalten feinster Partikelsysteme. In der Literatur existiert keine einheitliche Beschreibung des Konzentrationseinflusses. In der Dissertation wurde die Suspensionsstabilität von Siliziumdioxid-Suspensionen gezielt beeinflusst, um deren Einfluss auf das Sedimentationsverhalten zu bewerten. Es wurde gezeigt, dass nur für instabile Suspensionen die erwartete Sinkgeschwindigkeitsüberhöhung existiert. Es wurde aber auch gezeigt, dass die bei unterschiedlichen Drehzahlen erhaltenen Sinkgeschwindigkeiten nicht über das Beschleunigungsvielfache skaliert werden können. Weiterhin wurde demonstriert, dass in solchen Systemen eine komplexe Abhängigkeit vom Feststoffgehalt existiert, weil die Koagulationsgeschwindigkeit auch von der Partikelkonzentration abhängt. Als geeignetes Kriterium zur Bewertung des Agglomerationszustandes monodisperser Partikelsysteme konnte die Breite der Sinkgeschwindigkeitsverteilung nachgewiesen werden. In Ergänzung zu den im Zusammenhang mit der Partikelkoagulation instabiler Suspensionen führen insbesondere bei elektrostatisch stabilisierten Partikelsystemen die mit der elektrochemischen Doppelschicht verbundenen Wechselwirkungen zu einer Beeinflussung der Suspensionsstruktur und folglich zu einer Beeinflussung hydrodynamischer Phänomene. Das wird in den bekannten Modellen nicht berücksichtigt und in der vorgelegten Arbeit am Sedimentationsverhalten monodisperser Partikelsysteme bei verschiedenen Elektrolytgehalten der kontinuierlichen Phase untersucht. Zu diesem Zweck wurden aus einer konzentrierten Suspension von 200 nm Partikeln und dem ihr zugehörigen Zentrifugat Suspensionsproben unterschiedlichen Feststoffgehaltes zubereitet. Mit einem Potenzansatz, wie er bereits von Richardson und Zaki für die Sedimentation von Mikrometerpartikeln verwendet wurde, konnte der experimentell bestimmte Zusammenhang zwischen der Sinkgeschwindigkeit und der Suspensionsporosität beschrieben werden. Dabei ist die Sedimentationsbehinderung umso ausgeprägter, je kleiner der Elektrolytgehalt, d.h. je ausgedehnter die Doppelschichtdicke ist. Die stark mit dem Elektrolytgehalt korrelierenden Werte für den Exponenten dieses Ansatzes liegen zwischen 5 und 10 im Gegensatz zu Richardson und Zaki von 4,65. Untersuchungen zum Konzentrationseinfluss mit gröberen Partikeln in elektrolytarmen Lösungsmitteln bestätigten die gegenüber dem Mikrometerbereich stärkere Sedimentationsbehinderung elektrostatisch stabilisierter kolloidaler Suspensionen. Zusätzlich zu den wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen erfolgte die Konstruktion einer einfachen und robusten Sedimentationszelle mit optischer Messwerterfassung. Es wurde die Funktionstüchtigkeit eines zuverlässigen, partikelgrößenselektiven Messgerät z.B. für Industrielabore zur Optimierung von Sedimentationsprozessen demonstriert. / The sedimentation of stabilized suspensions strongly depends on the particle concentration. Even for dilute systems the decrease of the settling velocity compared to that of isolated particles is quite significant. This is primarily due to hydrodynamic interactions (HI), which are long-range interaction, since disturbances in the flow field decline reciprocally with the distance from the surface. The sedimentation of colloidal particles is additionally affected by the electric double layer surrounding them. The double layer leads to electro-viscous effects as well as to electrostatic repulsion between neighboring particles. Both phenomena can amplify the hydrodynamic hindrance to considerable extent. In this dissertation thesis an experimental study on the influence of double layer thickness on the sedimentation of charged colloidal particles is presented. Investigations were carried out using an optical centrifuge, in which the sedimentation velocity of monosized sub-micrometer silica particles were studied at different particle concentration and varying ionic strength. The results are discussed with regard to the applicability of theoretical models and (semi-)empirical approximations. Richardson and Zaki had determined a power law exponent of 4.65 for hard sphere systems in the 100 micrometer range. In the experimental work for sub-micrometer particles the exponent was determined between 5 (low double layer thickness at high electrolyte concentration) and 10 (high double layer thickness at low electrolyte concentration). Additionally a simple and robust device for gravitational sedimentation analysis by optical signal sensing was designed. It enables industrial application for the optimization of sedimentation processes.

Thesis (M.S.)--Mississippi State University. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Graduation date: 1986

Thesis (M.Sc. Earth and Ocean Sciences)--University of Waikato, 2008. / Title from PDF cover (viewed September 17, 2008) Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-232)