The invention discloses a device and a method for simulating resuspension of
sediment under action of vertical wind-driven circulation in a
shallow lake, and belongs to the field of
environmental protection. The device comprises a rectangular water tank, a
water flow propelling power
system and a flow rate measuring device. The height of the water tank is not smaller than 30cm, and the length-
width ratio is not smaller than 1.2. The
sediment collected without disturbance and 5cm in thickness is laid at the bottom of the water tank. A conveying belt arranged on a water surface is driven by a variable-frequency speed regulating motor so as to drive water of the water surface to move, the water sinks to the surface of the
sediment after reaching the edge wall of the water tank, and then moves in an opposite direction, so that a vertical wind-driven circulation structure commonly existing in
shallow lake wind-driven flow on a longitudinal section is formed, and the process of resuspension of the sediment under action of vertical wind-driven circulation in the
shallow lake on conditions of different
wind strength and different
water depth can be simulated. A flow rate
measuring instrument is positioned accurately by the flow rate measuring device, and then a wind-driven circulation field formed on the longitudinal section of the rectangular water tank can be observed. The device has the advantages that the vertical wind-driven circulation structure formed in the shallow lake on the conditions of different
wind strength and different
water depth is simulated vividly, and thus the process of resuspension, driven by the wind-driven circulation, of the sediment at the bottom of the lake, can be observed.