Professional Documents
Culture Documents
What Is A Pressure Surge in A Pipeline and How To Do The Surge Analysis?
What Is A Pressure Surge in A Pipeline and How To Do The Surge Analysis?
Forum
Tool
Contact Us
FacebookTwitterLinkedinYoutube
AutomationForum.co
INSTRUMENTATION
o
o
o
o
o
PROCESS CONTROL
o
o
AUTOMATION
ANIMATION
CALIBRATION
ELECTRICAL
QUIZ
TOOLS
VALVES
ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION
ANDROID TOOLS
VIBRATION MEASUREMENT
PLC
HOW TO
Home
Instrumentation
What is a pressure surge in a pipeline and how to do the surge analysis?
Instrumentation
The surge can be determined by calculating the increase in pressure due to the surge by
assuming the instantaneous valve closure. A longer closure time can reduce the surge force but
it won’t change the maximum surge pressure. The maximum fluid transient loading will pass
through the piping only once and no reflection will be considered. If a valve is closed or a pump is
tripped then a positive pressure wave is generated in the upstream direction and a negative
pressure wave is generated in the downstream direction. This drop-in pressure in the
downstream side can cause cavitation and backflow, and this would create its own surge effect.
The pressure surge in the pipeline can cause the failure of the piping system or the equipment
and it can also cause the failure of the pipeline, supports, instrumentation, and components.
Pipe length
Speed of pressure wave
Positive and negative pressure waves
During the fluid flow in the pipe, if the valve closes suddenly and stops the flow, the kinetic
energy will be changed into elastic resilience and creates a serial positive and negative pressure
wave vibrating back and forth in the pipe till the energy lost by friction. So if the liquid in the valve
stops, the kinetic energy of the water will be converted into potential pressure.
Pressure wave travelling time from the valve and back to the valve can be calculated by
t = 2L/c
L= Pipe length in meter, C= Speed of pressure wave (meter/second)
If the valve time of closure TC is greater than 2L/c then the closure is gradual and if the TC is
less than or equal to 2L/c then the valve closure is considered as sudden.
Ashlin
post-graduate in Electronics & communication.
RELATED POSTS
Density measuring devices
Introduction to some important pneumatic components
How to calibrate Differential pressure level transmitter for capillary type
SEARCH
Search for:SEARCH
CATEGORIES
Analytical Instrumentation
Android Tools
Animation
Automation
Calibration
Communication
Control System
control valve
DCS
Displacement Measurement
ebooks
Electrical
Field Instrumentation
Flow Measurement
How to
Humidity measurement
Instrumentation
Instrumentation Questions
Instrumentation Tools
interview questions
Level Measurement
P&ID
PLC
pressure
Pressure Measurement
Process Control
Temperature Measurement
temprature
Tools
Uncategorized
Valves
Vibration Measurement
whatis
ARCHIVES
AutomationForum.co
@2020 - automationforum.co. All Right Reserved. Designed and Developed
by AutomationForum
AutomationForum.Co
FacebookTwitterLinkedinYoutube
INSTRUMENTATION
PROCESS CONTROL
AUTOMATION
ANIMATION
CALIBRATION
ELECTRICAL
QUIZ
TOOLS
VALVES
ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION
ANDROID TOOLS
VIBRATION MEASUREMENT
PLC
HOW TO
Follow Us on LinkdIn