FEL10 Drain Permeameter Vocational Education Equipment for School Lab Hydrodynamics Experiment Apparatus

Description

FEL10 Drain Permeameter Vocational Education Equipment for School Lab Hydrodynamics Experiment Apparatus

DESCRIPTION

The  Drain Permeameter is suited for use both as a teaching and demonstration tool and for laboratory testing and research. The equipment consists of a 100mm diameter transparent column, which may be fflled with any soil type. A removable base section is provided into which the fflter material to be investigated is placed.

Water is added to the column under a constant head and permeating water and soil is collected at the base. The discharge from the drain can be monitored to assess the efffciency of the fflter material.

The apparatus is supported on a sturdy metal frame and may be conveniently placed on a laboratory bench close to a water supply and drain.

Experimental content

Determine relative efficiencies of drain filter materials

Select optimum filter/soil combinations

Demonstration of Darcy’s Law and to illustrate the various concepts in the Darcy equation: water potential, hydraulic conductivity and flow rate

To investigate the influence of drain slot size variation of drain sediment yield and susceptibility to blocking

Investigation of the dynamics of a gravel envelope