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Groundwater Abstraction Through Siphon Wells—Hydraulic Design and Energy Savings water Article Groundwater Abstraction through Siphon Wells—Hydraulic Design and Energy Savings Rico Bartak and Thomas Grischek * Faculty of Civil Engineering & Architecture, Dresden University of Applied Sciences, 01069 Dresden, Germany; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +49-351-4623350 Received: 16 March 2018; Accepted: 23 April 2018; Published: 27 April 2018 Abstract: Siphon pipes were used for groundwater abstraction from wells before the development of submersible pumps. Many of the existing and operational systems were built before the 1950s and require rehabilitation. Siphon wells are difficult to design and, therefore, are often equipped with submersible pumps when the system is rehabilitated or renewed. This study presents a novel calculation tool for siphon wells and investigates the energy savings of such system in comparison to an alternative equipment with submersible pumps. A theoretical energy savings of 38% was first estimated compared to individually-operated wells (IOW) for a fictional design example just based on the calculated water levels and abstraction rates. Real energy data from two riverbank filtration (RBF) sites, which operate both siphon and IOW, were investigated in the second part of the study. The analysis of measured data revealed energy savings of 36–69%, confirming the theoretical estimation. Keywords: siphon wells; energy savings; energy efficiency; groundwater abstraction 1. Introduction The pumping rate for vertical groundwater wells usually does not exceed 150 m3/h. Several wells are needed for abstracting larger quantities of water (well group). Nowadays groundwater wells are commonly equipped with submersible pumps. Multiple wells from one well group discharge into a main pressure pipe. Before the development of submersible pumps, common groundwater wells were connected via suction pipes to a main gravitational pipe (siphon pipe). The groundwater is hereby abstracted and piped to a central collector caisson without a permanent energy input using gravitational flow (Figure1). Opposite to the free-flow gravity pipes, the pressure inside the siphon pipe is below atmospheric pressure (vacuum) as the water must be first lifted to the top of the siphon crest. Traditionally multiple well groups were connected via individual siphon pipes to a single collector caisson, which acted as sand collector and open air vessel. Gravitational flow is induced from the abstraction wells to the collector caisson after the siphon pipe has been air-evacuated (primed) using a vacuum pump and the water level inside the collector caisson has been lowered below the static groundwater level. The siphon system only works if (1) the outlet of the drop pipe and the inlets of the suction pipes are permanently submerged, (2) the siphon pipe is continuously air evacuated (degassing of dissolved gases or air entry through small leakages) and (3) the piping is permanently vacuum-tight. At the transition from the siphon to the drop pipe a so called “siphon head” is installed. It collects escaping gas, so that it can be automatically extracted by a vacuum system. The maximum suction head is found at the “siphon head”. It is equal to the suction lift from the lowest pumping level to the inside “siphon head” and should not exceed the vapor pressure of water, which would cause a failure of the gravitational flow. In practice this suction head is limited to 8 m, including Water 2018, 10, 570; doi:10.3390/w10050570 www.mdpi.com/journal/water Water 2018, 10, 570 2 of 10 Water 2018, 10, x FOR PEER REVIEW 2 of 10 gravitationala safety margin. flow. The In groundwaterpractice this suction is pumped head from is limited the collector to 8 m caisson, including to the a safety waterworks margin. using The groundwaterhigh-flow pumps. is pumped from the collector caisson to the waterworks using high-flow pumps. Figure 1. Schematic of five siphon wells and one collector caisson. Figure 1. Schematic of five siphon wells and one collector caisson. The first siphon wells were built in Europe in the mid- to late-19th century preferably in PleistoceneThe first deposits siphon wellsalong were major built river ins Europe. Numerous in the mid-large toscale late-19th siphon century systems preferably were constructed in Pleistocene in Germany,deposits along Poland, major Czech rivers. 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