Choosing Pipe Diameter to Maximize Inline Storage Volume
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 135, Issue 8
Abstract
For a wastewater collection system, the maximum volume that can be attained with an inline storage pipe is shown to occur when the pipe diameter is chosen to be 2/3 of the thickness of soil profile available for burial of the storage pipe, irrespective of pipeline slope.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 135 • Issue 8 • August 2009
Pages: 720 - 722
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© 2009 ASCE.
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Received: Jun 7, 2008
Accepted: Nov 13, 2008
Published online: Jul 15, 2009
Published in print: Aug 2009
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Ross D. Philip
Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Connell Wagner Pty Ltd., 17 Caspian St., Southshore, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand.
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