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Proceeding Paper

A Novel Reverse Unidirectional Flushing (R-UDF) Method to Mobilize Iron Oxide Particles from PVC Pipes of a Full-Scale Laboratory System †

by
Benjamin Anderson
*,
Artur Sass Braga
,
Yves Filion
and
Sarah Jane Payne
Department of Civil Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N9, Canada
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
Presented at the 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024), Ferrara, Italy, 1–4 July 2024.
Eng. Proc. 2024, 69(1), 152; https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024069152
Published: 19 September 2024
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024))
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Abstract

The aim of the present work is to test a novel Reverse Unidirectional Flushing (R-UDF) approach to achieve an enhanced removal rate of iron oxide particles from drinking water pipes. The project utilized a full-scale PVC pipe loop laboratory system to successfully isolate direction as a particle mobilization factor. Even after successive flushing operations in one direction, a subsequent flush in the opposite direction mobilized new particles from the pipe wall surface. This shows that there are some areas in the pipe loop system that may protect deposited particles from flushing shear stresses in a determined flow direction.
Keywords: unidirectional flushing; iron oxide particles; pipe roughness; drinking water discoloration unidirectional flushing; iron oxide particles; pipe roughness; drinking water discoloration

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Anderson, B.; Braga, A.S.; Filion, Y.; Payne, S.J. A Novel Reverse Unidirectional Flushing (R-UDF) Method to Mobilize Iron Oxide Particles from PVC Pipes of a Full-Scale Laboratory System. Eng. Proc. 2024, 69, 152. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024069152

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Anderson B, Braga AS, Filion Y, Payne SJ. A Novel Reverse Unidirectional Flushing (R-UDF) Method to Mobilize Iron Oxide Particles from PVC Pipes of a Full-Scale Laboratory System. Engineering Proceedings. 2024; 69(1):152. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024069152

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Anderson, Benjamin, Artur Sass Braga, Yves Filion, and Sarah Jane Payne. 2024. "A Novel Reverse Unidirectional Flushing (R-UDF) Method to Mobilize Iron Oxide Particles from PVC Pipes of a Full-Scale Laboratory System" Engineering Proceedings 69, no. 1: 152. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024069152

APA Style

Anderson, B., Braga, A. S., Filion, Y., & Payne, S. J. (2024). A Novel Reverse Unidirectional Flushing (R-UDF) Method to Mobilize Iron Oxide Particles from PVC Pipes of a Full-Scale Laboratory System. Engineering Proceedings, 69(1), 152. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024069152

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