Mixing of Freshwater with Seawater inside Boom and Skirt System

막 구조 내부의 담수와 염수의 혼합

  • O, Yeong-Min (Coastal and Harbor Engrg Research Center, Korea Ocean Research and Development Inst.) ;
  • Jeong, Sin-Taek (Dept. of Civil and Envir Engrg., Wonkwang Univ.)
  • 오영민 (한국해양연구소 연안.항만공학연구센터) ;
  • 정신택 (원광대학교 토목환경공학과)
  • Published : 2000.06.01

Abstract

Korea IS one of countries to be predicted short of water in the 21st century. The government has been investigating various alternatives to resolve the problems including construction of reservoirs. Freshwater retention techniques using boom and skirt system is one of them. It is very difficult to intake water in the estuaries of south and west coast of Korea because a big tide penetrates into an upstream river. Thus, means or retaining and keeping separate freshwater from seawater could potentially be helpful in solving the water supply problems. In this study, the proposed means to achieve freshwater retention is by use of floating boom and skirt systems. The hydraulic viability of these systems in taking advantage of natural stratification tendencies between the fresh and seawaters has been investigated through hydraulic experiments. It is found that freshwater retention capacity depends on skirt length and the opening beneath the skirt. The choice of skirt length IS very important to optimize freshwater storage because longer skirt lengths cause faster mixing and shorter lengths retain less volume. Results show that the freshwater retention volume generally increases as the length of the skirt increases. However, they show that water storage might be insufficient if skirts were either too long or too short.

우리 나라는 21세기에 물 부족이 예상되는 국가 중의 하나이다. 정부에서는 이를 해결하기 위하여 단순히 댐을 건설하는 방법 이외에 여러 가지 대안을 마련하고 있는데 막 구조물을 이용한 담수저장기술은 그 중의 하나가 될 수 있다. 우리 나라의 서남해안은 조수간만의 차가 심해 염수가 하천 상류로 깊숙이 침입하기 때문에 하류에서는 농공업용수를 위한 취수가 불가능한 실정이다. 따라서, 기수역에서 담수와 염수를 분리할 수 만 있다면 용수문제 해결에 큰 기여를 할 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구에서는 수리실험을 통하여 염수와 담수를 분리하는 방안을 수립하였는데 담수저장효율은 막의 길이 및 바닥의 개폐 정도에 좌우되었다. 막이 길면 바닥의 유속이 빨라져 혼합이 활발하고 반면에 너무 짧으면 저장량이 너무 작아서 효용성이 없으므로 적절한 길이의 산정이 매우 중요하다. 또한, 바닥은 많이 닫힐수록 담수저장효율이 좋으나 막의 길이가 너무 짧거나 긴 경우에는 별로 차이를 보이지 않았다.

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