Aluminum 36-Inch Parshall Flume

36-inch Parshall Flume

Description:

36-inch Parshall flumes are useful when flow are higher or channels are wider.  They are used to measure water rights / irrigation flows as well as surface waters.

Material of Construction:  

• Aluminum

Flow Rates:  

• 0.6151 - 50.39 cfs (cubic feet / second)
• 276.1 - 22,616 gpm (US gallons / minute)
• 0.3975 - 32.57 mgd (US million gallons / day)

Flow Accuracy:

• +/- 2-5% (ASTM D1941)

Flow Formula (H = feet):

• Q (cfs) = 12 * H^1.566 
• Q (gpm) = 5,386 * H^1.566
• Q (mgd) = 7.756 * H^1.566

•  Downloadable flow chart

Head:

• 0.10 - 2.50-feet
• 1.20 - 30.00-inches

Flow Dimensions:

• Inlet width:  61 7/8-inches
• Throat width:  36-inches
• Outlet width:  48-inches
• Length:  124 3/4-inches
• Inlet height:  36-inches
• Throat height:  45-inches
• Outlet height:  39-inches 

•  Downloadable dimensions drawing

Installation:

• Level:
• Front-to-back and side-to-side
• Upstream requirement:  
• Upstream channel straight at least 45-feet
• Downstream requirement:  
• Free-spilling discharge or downstream channel straight at least 15 to 60-feet

Shipment:

• 6-8 weeks from order
• Palleted
• Box truck
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