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(3518) Silting tank
An artificial tank formed by constructing embankments on the sides of a natural depression through which a part or whole of the canal supply is passed to rid itself of a part of its sediment load (illustrated).
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Dictionary - Tanks Terms
- Evaporation tank, or Evaporation pan
- Reservoir, Tank, or Pool
- Balancing tank, Balancing reservoir, Equilising reservoir, or Compensating reservoir
- Elementary surge tank, or Simple surge tank
- Conduit regulator, Surge tank, or Surge chamber
- Multiple surge tanks
- Throttled surge tank, or Restricted orifice surge tank
- Differential surge tank
- Silting tank
- Tail tank
- Surge tank
- Tail tank
- Pressure tank system
- Storm tank
- Sedimentation basin, Sedimentation tank, Settling basin, or Settling tank
- Primary settling tank
- Settling tank
- Detention tank
- Skimming tank
- Aeration pond, Aeration lagoon, Aeration tank
- Septic tank
- Rating tank
- Subsoil flow tank
- Surge tank (simple)
- Three-dimensional flow tank
- Cavitation tank
- Vacuum tank
