Hydraulic and earth engineering – Fluid control – treatment – or containment – Settling of suspended matter in a specific location
Patent
1983-07-06
1986-07-15
Crowder, Clifford D.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Fluid control, treatment, or containment
Settling of suspended matter in a specific location
37 58, 37195, E02B 302
Patent
active
046003380
ABSTRACT:
A process and a stationary dredging apparatus for periodically removing marine or river sediment of relatively high density from the bottom of an arm of the sea, a channel or a harbor basin by means of a stationary dredging means consisting of a substantially horizontal intake duct, which may be positioned at the bottom of a mud trap, an individual riser pipe operating either on the principle of an air-lift pump, or by aspiration of a mechanical pump, optionally according to a preestablished programme by regulating the air-arrival or the opening of the valves of the riser pipes, and a delivery pipe.
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Fors Staffan
Maertens Luc
Neyrinck Luc
Van Bruwaene Albert
Verner Bo
Crowder Clifford D.
De Ondernemingen S.B.B.M.
Miller Austin R.
N.V. Atlas Copco Airpower Corp.
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