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Stilling Chamber Achieves Cavitation Control for St. Louis Plant
Author(s) -
Ackerman John
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.1977.tb01054.x
Subject(s) - bandwidth throttling , st louis , cavitation , downstream (manufacturing) , marine engineering , engineering , environmental science , mechanical engineering , mechanics , physics , art , operations management , art history , gas compressor
The St. Louis County Water Company in Missouri experienced a problem with cavitation destruction of ground storage fill lines downstream from the throttling fill valve. The causes of and various solutions to the problem are presented. The building of a stilling chamber immediately downstream from the throttling valve seems to have remedied the problem.