Simple Guide for Design of Air Vessels for Water Hammer Protection of Pumping Lines
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Air vessels offer an effective means of reducing water hammer overpressures and negative pressures due to pump trip in pipelines. The process of sizing air vessels is simplified with the nomographs presented. Both air volume and total vessel size are calculated. The size can be minimized by correct selection of outlet and inlet connector diameter, and guides are provided to make these selections.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 128 • Issue 8 • August 2002
Pages: 792 - 797
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Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Nov 3, 1998
Accepted: Feb 8, 2002
Published online: Jul 15, 2002
Published in print: Aug 2002
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