In situ terminal settling velocity measurements at Stromboli volcano: Input from physical characterization of ash

Characterization of moderate ash‐and‐gas explosions at Santiaguito volcano, Guatemala, from infrasound waveform inversion and thermal infrared measurements

The rapid discharge of gas and rock fragments during volcanic eruptions generates acoustic infrasound. Here we present results from the inversion of infrasound signals associated with small and moderate gas-and-ash explosions at Santiaguito volcano, Guatemala, to retrieve the time history of mass eruption rate at the vent. Acoustic waveform inversion is complemented by analyses of thermal infra...

Settling velocity characterization of aquacultural solids

A top-loading settling column is described and used to characterize the settling properties of the solids in the discharge water from a commercial rainbow trout production facility. Mass-based and phosphorus-based settling curves are presented. The median settling velocity on a mass-basis for the settleable solids was 1.7 cm s. The median settling velocity for the settleable phosphorus was 1.15...

Discussion of “ Uncertainty of excess density and settling velocity of mud derived from in situ measurements ” by M . Fettweis

Measurement method for in situ particle settling velocity

The most meaningful parameter to determine the treatment efficiency of large scale sedimentation tanks is the settling velocity of suspended solids. However it is difficult to measured representative settling velocity because of the instability of suspended solids. A water elutriation system was tested to assess the treatment efficiency of sedimentation tanks. In laboratory tests the flow condi...

Settling velocity of sediments at high concentrations

New data on the settling velocity of artificial sediments and natural sands at high concentrations are presented. The data are compared with a widely used semiempirical Richardson and Zaki equation (Trans. Inst. Chem. Eng. 32 (1954) 35), which gives an accurate measure of the reduction in velocity as a function of concentration and an experimentally determined empirical power n. Here, a simple ...