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Surge Tanks

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A surge tank, also referred to as a surge shaft, surge chamber, etc. is an open standpipe or a shaft connected to the conduits of a hydroelectric power plant or to the pipeline of a pumping system. The top of the tank is usually open to the atmosphere.

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Chaudhry, M.H. (2014). Surge Tanks. In: Applied Hydraulic Transients. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8538-4_11

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