ACO Siphonic drainage
Traffic-free roof areas which are no larger than 150 m2, such as production buildings, hangars or sports stadiums, are suitable applications for siphonic drainage.
When the rainfall is heavy enough, the gullies create reduced pressure in the pipe system. This means that an increased level of drainage performance can be achieved compared to simple gravity drainage.
Siphonic drainage can be used on membrane, concrete and gravel roofs as well as on green roofs with extensive planting. When sizing and installing a siphonic system, there are a series of guidelines to be followed. That is why our own internal Application Technology department will be happy to carry out the calculations relating to the system for your project, including the isometric diagram of the pipe layout and creating a list of the materials required..
Siphonic drainage systems operate with specially designed flat roof drains which, unlike gravity drainage systems, are configured to work with completely full pipes (degree of fill h/d 1.0). This can only be achieved by assuring that no air is sucked in with the rain water and no bubble vortexes formed in the pipe system. Special components are used in the ACO Jet flat roof drainage system to prevent these vortexes from forming.
Once the dimensioning rainfall volumes are reached, the syphonic drainage system becomes operational. The system works with completely filled pipes which rapidly and safely drain the roof.
Siphonic drainage systems can be used to drain a roof if the following criteria are met:
- Adequate difference in height of at least four metres between the roof and the buried drains.
- Drainage of large roof surfaces requiring a minimum outflow capacity of 1.0 l/s.
- If it is possible for each of the drains connected to a downpipe to be hydraulically matched to one another.
- Initiation height of at least 0.3–0.4 m between the inflow level to the centre of the inclined pipe.
- Distance between two drains max. 20 metres.
Flat roof drainage systems must always be laid out in accordance with the reference rainfall figures. The reference rainfall can be exceeded during periods of heavy rainfall. This can cause water to pool on the surface of a flat roof.
An independent emergency drainage system for flat roof drains is therefore required in accordance with DIN 1986-100, Chapter 5.9.
