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| Monday, 11 July 2005 | |
Hydro-Brake® at Core of Portpatrick Flood Defences
The small harbour and fishing “To achieve this flow attenuation at maximum head of water, the fixed opening of a standard orifice type device would have had to have been relatively small, and this would have backed up water in the dam even at low water heights. Furthermore, the large opening of the Hydro-Brake® unit (between three to six times larger than the equivalent orifice plate) meant it was less susceptible to blockage from water borne debris.” |
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“To achieve this flow attenuation at maximum head of water, the fixed opening of a standard orifice type device would have had to have been relatively small, and this would have backed up water in the dam even at low water heights. Furthermore, the large opening of the Hydro-Brake® unit (between three to six times larger than the equivalent orifice plate) meant it was less susceptible to blockage from water borne debris.”