Introduction

Here you find 17 WANDA cases which help to understand the waterhammer phenomena. All cases include a movie. In order to play the movie, you must install the Techsmith ScreenCapture Codec (more information - Download).

Example 1

Description: Instantaneous valve closure at the end of a frictionless pipe
Phenomenon: Propagation of positive pressure wave

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System data

Valve data:

• Butterfly valve
• instantaneous closure (within 1 timestep)

Example 2

Description: Instantaneous valve closure in the middle of a frictionless pipe
Phenomenon: Propagation of positive and negative pressure wave

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System data

Valve data:

• Butterfly valve
• instantaneous closure (within 1 timestep)

Example 3

Description: Instantaneous valve closure at the end of a pipe with friction (line packing)
Phenomenon: Propagation of positive pressure wave and line packing

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System data

Valve data:

• Butterfly valve
• instantaneous closure (within 1 timestep)

Example 4

Description: Instantaneous valve closure at the end of a pipe with friction and surge tower as the anti-surge device
Phenomenon: Effect of surge tower on pressure waves

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System data

Valve data:

• Butterfly valve
• instantaneous closure (within 1 timestep)

*Surge tower:

• Area = 0.01 m2 (vertical pipe with 113 mm internal diameter)

Example 5

Description: Pump trip with small polar moment of inertia
Phenomenon: Propagation and development of negative pressure wave

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System data

Pump data:

• Duty point is 100 m3/h at 17 m head
• Polar moment of inertia 0.1 kgm2

Example 6

Description: Pump trip with large polar moment of inertia
Phenomenon: Propagation and development of negative pressure wave

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System data

Pump data:

• Duty point is 100 m3/h at 17 m head
• Polar moment of inertia 2.0 kgm2

Example 7

Description: Pump trip with small polar moment of inertia and surge tower as the anti-surge device
Phenomenon: Effect of surge tower

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System data

Pump data:

• Duty point is 100 m3/h at 17 m head
• Polar moment of inertia 0.1 kgm2

Surge tower:

• area 0.1 m2

Example 8

Description: Two frictionless pipes in series with different diameters; instantaneous valve closure at the end of the system in the pipe with smallest diameter (reflection)
Phenomenon: Effect of diameter change on pressure wave - reflection

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System data

Valve data:

• Butterfly valve; instantaneous closure (within 1 timestep)

Example 9

Description: Two frictionless pipes in series with different diameters; instantaneous valve closure at the end of the system in the pipe with largest diameter (reflection)
Phenomenon: Effect of diameter change on pressure wave - reflection

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System data

Valve data:

• Butterfly valve; instantaneous closure (within 1 timestep)

Example 10

Description: Two frictionless pipes in series with different pressure wave celerity; instantaneous valve closure at the end of the system in the pipe with smallest wave celerity (reflection)
Phenomenon: Effect of wave celerity change on pressure wave (e.g. change in pipe material)

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System data

Valve data:

• Butterfly valve; instantaneous closure (within 1 timestep)