Case Studies in Transient Pressure Monitoring

Damage to pressure pipelines is often attributed to the occurrence of pressure transients and water hammer events, however the corroborating evidence is usually missing due to the impracticality of testing and detecting the occurrence of these events, particularly the water hammer events that accompany cavitations in the pipeline. Water hammer events are difficult to detect because they may occur without warning and have durations of less than 1/20th of a second. Recent innovations in digital technology have facilitated the development of a system capable of monitoring pipeline pressures in such a way that these most unexpected, short-duration events can be detected and accurately recorded. The paper discusses results of installations of this technology on water transmission lines, liquid petroleum pipeline booster stations, a reverse osmosis plant, water distribution lines, a wastewater treatment plant and a fire suppression sprinkler system.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Worthington, Will
• Conference:
  • Pipelines 2006: Service to the Owner
  • Location: Chicago IL, United States
  • Date: 2006-7-30 to 2006-8-2
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 11p
• Monograph Title: Pipelines 2006: Service to the Owner, July 30 to August 2, 2006, Chicago, Illinois. Proceedings of the Pipeline Division Specialty Conference

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Monitoring; Petroleum pipelines; Pipelines; Pressure; Sewage treatment; Surges; Technology; Water pipelines
• Uncontrolled Terms: Digital techniques; Fire suppression systems; Reverse osmosis
• Subject Areas: Pipelines; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01082765
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0784408548
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 18 2007 11:31AM