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Example Surge Screening: Step Analysis
Example Surge Screening: Step Analysis
Step Analysis
Example
Step Analysis Symbol Units Equation Parameter
20"-NAP
Step 1 - Surge Pressure
Decision 1 Is upstream pipe > 100 m ? no
Calculated c 2 Speed of sound 1585.61
Calculated Pmax Pa 1 Max Pressure Surge 2595323.45
Calculated Fmax kN 3 Maximum Force 484.19
Decision 2 Is Max Force < 1N ? no
Step 2 - Effect of valve closure time
Calculated Phi Table 1 Valve type function -0.33
Calculated Omega 5 -0.03
Calculated Psurge Pa 4 Peak pressure surge 44405.05
Step 2a - Will pump shut-in pressure exceed piping preesure
rating ?
Decision 3 Is valve downstream of a pump ? Yes
Calculated Ptotal Pa 6 2787618.77
Is P_total > Piping Pressure no
Decision 4 Rating ?
Calculated Psurge Pa Used Ptotal instead if Ptotal > Psurge 2787618.77
Calculated Fmax kN 7 Maximum force 520.07
Step 3 - Limit Force Calculation
Ratio of actual pipe wall thickness to
Calculated Ψ Fig. 2 0.68
Sched 40 pipe wall thickness
Fig. 3 &
Pipe support Type (0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0) 4.00
Calculated Θ Fig. 2
Calculated Flim kN 8 Limit Force 147.28
Step 4 - LOF Calculation for Surge Analysis
Calculated LOF 3.53
Required Detail Surge Analysis
Fig. 2