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Aeration and gutter water levels in siphonic roof drainage systems
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Aeration and gutter water levels in siphonic roof drainage systems

Terry Lucke and S Beecham
Building Research and Information: the international journal of research, development and demonstration, Vol.38(6), pp.670-685
2010
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2010.503050
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aeration gutter water levels negative pressures siphonic roof drainage
An investigation is presented into how negative system pressures, the degree of aeration, and gutter water levels are affected by the number of outlets in a siphonic roof drainage system. The experimental results show that system pressures decrease if outlets are blocked. It is also shown that the depth of water above an outlet is strongly influenced by the negative pressure acting at the outlet. As the suction effect at the outlet increases, due to lower system pressures, more water and air will be drawn into the outlets and this will result in a corresponding increase in overall gutter water depth. The results also show that there is often built-in redundancy in multiple outlet siphonic systems experiencing lower-intensity rainfall events, and if one or two outlets were blocked, the system would still operate satisfactorily. A new outlet suppressor was trialled and this was shown to reduce gutter water levels by up to 58% at some positions in the gutter.

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