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Hydraulic analysis of sudden flow changes in a complex pumping circuit
Author(s) -
Alves George E.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690020203
Subject(s) - transient (computer programming) , flow (mathematics) , transient flow , hydraulic machinery , hydraulic circuit , mechanics , control theory (sociology) , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , surge , physics , control (management) , artificial intelligence , operating system
A problem arose as to what would happen if there were sudden failures of power to one or more pumps of a large‐scale complex pumping circuit composed of several individual pumping systems. This paper describes the application of several published methods of hydraulic transient analysis to the problem. The performance of the system computed under several assumptions is discussed, and a comparison is made with experimentally determined values.