Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Prevention method for floods and debris flows caused by glacial lake outbursts
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Application No.: US17783756Application Date: 2020-08-28
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Publication No.: US12024842B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Jiangang Chen , Xiaoqing Chen , Peng Cui , Yong You , Huayong Chen , Shuai Li , Jinbo Tang , Wanyu Zhao , Lu Zneg , Xian Wang
- Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
- Applicant Address: CN Sichuan
- Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
- Current Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
- Current Assignee Address: CN Sichuan
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: CN 2010714145 2020.07.22
- International Application: PCT/CN2020/112008 2020.08.28
- International Announcement: WO2022/016661A 2022.01.27
- Date entered country: 2022-06-09
- Main IPC: E02B1/00
- IPC: E02B1/00 ; E02B3/00 ; E02B7/02 ; E02D5/22

Abstract:
The method for preventing and controlling glacial lake outbreak flood and related debris flows by the present invention is mainly controlling the scale of the floods by separating water and rocks and dispersing its energy step by step. The cascading amplification effects of floods can be reduced by controlling the initiation of source material with energy dissipation by using ground sills, groups of piles, and placed large stones and prefabricated artificial structures. The diversion dam built in the downstream area discharge floods in different layers, which can quickly guide water to the main river. The preconstructed engineering system can be used in a timely manner to prevent and control floods and debris flows induced by a sudden outburst of glacial lakes in areas with important facilities and inhabitants enduring the risk of natural hazards. Prevention and control systems can separate floods and debris flows and dissipate their energy. The groups of ground sills and check dams gradually dissipate the energy of floods, prevent high-energy boulders, and control the initiation of source materials in the channel and bank. Moreover, the systems can also separate the water and rocks in dilute debris flows or debris flows with high bulk densities but low viscosities. The diversion dams also enhance the separation function and keep the flood and debris flow discharge in the lower and upper channel to the main river.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230002991A1 PREVENTION METHOD FOR FLOODS AND DEBRIS FLOWS CAUSED BY GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURSTS Public/Granted day:2023-01-05
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