Yeri Sutopo, Wignyosukarto S. Budi, Istiarto
The incoming air from the atmosphere into the water flow which reaches the bed of the flow > 7% can prevent the cavitation at the bed of the chute spillway channel. At the time of the concentration of air bubbles in the bed flow cannot naturally reach 7 %, then aerator is required at the bottom of the channel, so that the concentration is increased to > 7%.The purpose of this study was to test the aerator effectiveness in increasing the concentration of air bubbles at the bottom of a steep channel. This study used steep channel whose length is 10 m, width 0.2 m, and height 0.4 m, while slope of steep channel is 20° and25°.The discharge is 20.9 l/s.A set of video cameras was used to take a picture of the movement of air bubbles. A Sony ED210 CCTV whose specifications are: indoor, 1/3 "color CCD, 540 TVL resolution, 0.1 lux was used for documentation purpose. The analysis of air bubbles was conducted using aUlead Video Studio 11 equipped with a ImageJ software version 1.43. The results of this study was on the slope of steep channel bed a = 25°, and Q = 20.9 l/s, at a point 7.2 m from the inlet flume on the condition of artificial air entrainment in the downstream flow region after the first aerator was installed, new aerator unit is not required.
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Semarang State University, Kampus Sekaran Gunungpati, Semarang, 50229, Indonesia; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UGM, Jl. Grafika No. 2, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia
