Variety Of Dewatering Equipment Used

By Helen Wagner


A building of any kind requires being put up in a dry area thus a feasibility study is required to determine the extent of water levels in the surrounding area. This means that before any construction commences, you are required to bring in professionals to check for water underground. If this is not done, you may put up a building only for it to fall after a while. The article highlights some dewatering equipment.

One of the ways people use to draw water from underground is by use of pumps. A good example is a centrifugal pump. The pump has an impeller whose main function is to push out all the air from the pipe. As the water is pushed, the water rises due to a rise in atmospheric pressure and is pulled and deposited in the disposal area.

The displacement pump contains two kinds of pumps. The reciprocating pumps and the diaphragm pumps. The piston moves through the chamber in one direction and pushes water out the other end. These are very reliable pumps. The diaphragm pumps do work in a philosophy of by drawing liquid in the cylinder through raising and lowering of the pump. As the diaphragm moves downwards water is pushed out via the delivery pipe.

The airlift pipe is the one kind of pipe that does not require a lot of effort. As the name suggests, the air does most of the work. The pipe is usually placed vertically and the connected to a storage of compressed pressure. The pressure is let on to the pump, and the work is to push out the water into the other end. The aquatic barely touches the pipe as the pressure forces are out the other end.

Centrifuges are used for dewatering. The main goal is to separate the solid from the liquid. There usually is a small bowl spinning at a very high speed. The force of this speed directs water in one way and the solid in another. The solids are usually attached to the walls of the bowl and are removed after the process is done.

Another method is the use of vacuum filters. These are mainly used in removing liquids from solid substances. At times, you may want to get rid of something, but the liquid inside may lead to unwanted scenarios such as exploding. You can use heat treatment which may turn to be expensive or use vacuum filters.

Vacuum filters is also another method of draining unwanted water. Just like in the use of centrifuges, the main aim is to separate the solid from the liquid. The porous plates separate the liquids from the solid. The pressure pushes the water into the pores and further into the drainage pipe while the solid is stuck in between the pores.

Sludge lagoons are a method of not drawing out water but of making sure that it does not seep onto the surface. Digested sludge is deposited for numerous months or even up almost a year. It may be put at a depth of up to 6 feet. The method only requires the excavation area and are therefore not expensive.




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