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The Effect of Rectifier Baffles on the Flow Regime of 180° Turning Pools in Vertical Slot Fishways

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  • Xiaoming Yan

    (College of Water & Architectural Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China
    State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China)

  • Jin Jin

    (College of Water & Architectural Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China
    Key Laboratory of Cold and Arid Regions Eco-Hydraulic Engineering of Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Shihezi 832003, China)

  • Tiegang Zheng

    (College of Water & Architectural Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China
    State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China)

  • Shuangke Sun

    (State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China)

  • Huichao Dai

    (Science and Technology Research Institute, China Three Gorges Corporation, Beijing 100038, China)

  • Lingquan Dai

    (Yangtze River Eco-Environmental Engineering Research Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Beijing 100038, China)

  • Kai Shi

    (State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China
    School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China)

Abstract

To imitate the constraints of topographic conditions, turning pools with different angles, such as 90° and 180°, are set in fish passage arrangements. If the mainstream in the turning pool is close to the wall and the recirculation zone is too large, it will have an adverse effect on fish migration. Taking the 180° turning pool as an example, five types of arrangements without and with additional rectifier baffles are proposed to optimize the body shape of the turning pool. A three-dimensional numerical simulation method is used to compare and analyze the different arrangement schemes. The results show that adding rectifier baffles can adjust the flow structure in the 180° turning pool. The arrangement adding rectifier baffles at the two three-equidistant points of the 180° turning pool and tilting 15° inward outperforms others in this study. This arrangement can center the mainstream, reduce turbulent kinetic energy, significantly decrease the flow velocity along the course, downscale the recirculation zone, and decrease the overall flow velocity.

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  • Xiaoming Yan & Jin Jin & Tiegang Zheng & Shuangke Sun & Huichao Dai & Lingquan Dai & Kai Shi, 2023. "The Effect of Rectifier Baffles on the Flow Regime of 180° Turning Pools in Vertical Slot Fishways," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-15, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:13:p:10498-:d:1186216
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