What is the Sun Gate?
Suns Gate is a mechanism used to control water flow. These devices are often used, among other places, water treatment, mining, dams, rice fields and cranberries. The gates are usually made of wood or metal and often move vertically to the frame to open or close, allowing the water to flow out of the space or to be contained in it. For this reason, they are also known as the valve for release .
The production of the gateway is limited to the vertical sliding system. One type of gate of the loss acts as a flap and moves by water pressure, which is larger on one side than on the other. Others are even a cylindrical nature. This type of gate regulates how and where this water moves. This is particularly useful for checking the floods or water levels in agriculture and other industries. When these gates are used in applications with a large amount of water pressure such as dams are raised and triggeredRaulic systems to control the flow of the culvert gate. Sometimes in smaller uses, for example in cranberries, the gates are raised and reduced manually. Other times, an electrically controlled lifting system is used.
Historically, Suns Gates proved to be useful in mills. Mill Sluice was known as millrace and would often turn a water wheel or turbine, which could then be used to power the equipment needed in saws and grristmalle. Millrace was often regulated by the gates of the Sunshine to reduce or increase the flow of water, depending on when it was needed.
The Gate of Sunshine can be known by other names depending on the geographical position. For example, in the coastal plains in England, the gates are known as cly or cllyse . In the Guyana they are referred to as Kokers .
One of the fear of using gates in rice fields is that fish often cannot pass them. AcrossA large part of the Bangladesh is used to grow rice by a large part of the flood plain and the water level is regulated for its optimal growth. Given that gates were used, the fish became rare, where they were once abundant. Fish traditionally formed an important part of the poor diet inhabiting the region. Once the problem has been recognized, instructions for using the gate have been set, ensuring that fish can travel where they need local fishing to remain viable.