This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of the launder type on settling
performance and hydrodynamic behavior within the two certain full-scale sedimentation
basins(each flow rate/one basin:10,000㎥ /d):one is the transverse typed launder
(existing basin) and the other is building the finger type launder in combination with
the longitudinal baffle. Comparative experimental investigations have been carried out
through residual turbidity and particle concentration measurements in each effluent
from two basins with the transverse and the finger type launders, respectively. From
the experimental results, we could observe that turbidity removal rate in the finger
type launder basin(modified basin) is about 30 percent higher than that in the
transverse type launder basin (existing basin). Also, from the measurement of total
particle concentration in each effluent, the removal efficiency was improved about
27percent within modified basin compared to the existing basin. In order to explain
the comparative experimental results and investigate the hydridynamic behavior within
each basin in more detail, we conducted computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation
and verified simulation results with acoustic Doppler velocimetry (ADV) technique. From
the CFD simulation, it was investigated that extreme upward flow occurs underneath of
the transverse launder. On the other hand, in the case of modified basin, the upward
flow, which occurred in the beneath of launder, was much less than that in the existing
basins.