Category: Drainage
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Transversal drainage
A quick photographic overview of the different types of transverse drainage systems currently used in the wind farms. In the following pictures, standard precast concrete pipes, cast in-situ concrete pipes and hard plastic. Basically the choice is more an economical than a technical problem, considering that they are equally effective. The real problem, as I…
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Wellpoint drainage
Wellpoint system is a solution that we used successfully in a wind farm with serious drainage problems. The soil was made of silty sands, with a very high water table level due to a river nearby. The system consists of several interconnected wells spaced along a trench. All of them are connected to a common…