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Feasibility of Siphons for Degassing Water
Author(s) -
Monk Bruce H.,
Long Clifford W.,
Dawley Earl M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1980)109<765:fosfdw>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - siphon (mollusc) , supersaturation , turbulence , saturation (graph theory) , nitrogen , water flow , environmental science , chemistry , mechanics , environmental engineering , mathematics , biology , physics , ecology , organic chemistry , combinatorics
Siphons of 5.1‐, 10.2‐, and 15.2‐cm inside diameter, tested at several vacuum heads and flow rates, lowered the nitrogen content of supersaturated water by up to 20% of saturation (to 103% or less). Turbulence was a primary factor in lowering gas content of water passed through a siphon.