Introduction to Pressure Surges in Pipe Systems
Overview
Hydraulic transients (water hammer) can destroy pipe networks; cause contamination of clean water; and cause leakage or bursts on all pressurised water, waste water, and liquid transfer systems. The potential for severe hydraulic transients should be assessed for all hydraulic systems so that catastrophic system failures and unnecessary leakage and contamination can be avoided.
Hydraulic engineers are often unaware of the implications hydraulic inertia and shockwave propagations can have on the integrity and safe operation of their systems. It is essential that all designers have a good understanding of the physical behaviour of hydraulic transients in order to safely design systems and to know when to seek expert advice.
This course is aimed at experienced hydraulic engineers involved in design, construction or operation of pipeline systems or cooling networks. This includes large transfer mains, hydropower installations, cooling networks, distribution networks, waste water pumping, and any hydraulic system that involves significant hydraulic inertia. The course material presumes that attendees have a working knowledge of steady state hydraulics in closed conduits including pipeline friction, headloss calculations, and mechanical devices relating to their industry.
This course is delivered through a series of presentations, hands-on practicals and discussion sessions.
We can tailor the training to meet your specific requirements, contact us for details.
Course Aims
The course will give a detailed interactive coverage of the behaviour of hydraulic transients so that participants can gain fundamental understanding of the physics involved.
The course will develop some basic calculations and analysis that can be undertaken on example hydraulic systems as part of preliminary design.
The course aims to equip delegates with the ability to better understand and design around the waterhammer phenomena. It will introduce more sophisticated methods of analysis and discuss when these are required. The course aims to introduce some transient alleviation methods and to give the delegates an understanding of how these operate, and how they are designed.
Skills Gained
At the end of the introductory course attendees should have an appreciation of pressure surges/hydraulic transients in pipe systems. They should be able to:
- identify whether their systems are vulnerable to pressure surges;
- estimate the potential severity of these;
- determine whether a full pressure surge analysis is required;
- read and understand pressure surge analysis,
- and identify flaws in surge analyses and their recommendations.
Cost
The total cost of this one-day course is £250+VAT per person.
Further details
This course starts at 9:30am and ends at 5pm. Lunches, morning and afternoon refreshments are provided.
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