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Introduction to Surge Tanks

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If in a hydro-electric scheme the water is conveyed to the turbines through a long conduit, a very large mass of water is contained in the conduit, and considerable forces are necessary to retard or accelerate this mass when the turbines’ demand for water changes. For example, in an 8 ft (2‧4 m) diameter pipeline 2 miles (3‧2 km) long the mass of water is about 14 000 tons. Change of flow to the turbines also produces waterhammer pressures,1 which we dealt with in Chapter 8.

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    John Pickford M.Sc.(Eng.), C.Eng., M.I.C.E.

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Pickford, J. (1969). Introduction to Surge Tanks. In: Analysis of Surge. Macmillan Civil Engineering Hydraulics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00160-6_9

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