Thread: Siphon effect

Hello everybody,

I'm looking for some informations about siphon effect. I have to design a filter with backwashing working with siphon effect. So I don't understand how starts a siphon effect ? What are hydraulics equation to study this effect ? What is the influence about bend's form ?

Thank you for your help.

Try this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphon