Salt Intrusion Prevention in Locks: Designing a Movable Sill in the Existing Krammer Commercial Navigation Lock

Salt intrusion is undesired because it has negative effects for drinking water and agricultural water intakes. At the Krammer locks (Zeeland, the Netherlands) a complex system is integrated in the design of the lock which prevents salt intrusion very accurate. This effective reduction of salt intrusion is regrettably accompanied with high energy...