WATER HAMMER AND PIPE SURGE APPARATUS:

A) RANGE OF EXPERIMENTS:

• To demonstrate pipe surge and water hammer phenomena.
• To study the oscillatory characteristics of the surge.
• To determine the velocity of sound in pipe.
• Determination of sudden rise in pressure due to sudden closure of value.
• Visualization of pressure wave profile at different heads.
• Determination of frictional head loss between reservoir & surge tower.

B) SPECIFICATIONS:

• Pipe surge test pipe: stainless steel, 22mm I/D x 3m long.
• Surge shaft: clear acrylic, 40mm I/D x 800mm H.
• Service pump: centrifugal type, delivering 0.5 lit/sec at 3m water head.
• Flow rate measurement: volumetric tank, stepped, 0-40 liter high flows, 0-6 liter low flows.
• Head tank: capacity 90-100 liters made from PVC.
• Pressure transducers: 3 off range,1 to 1 bar, 0.25" BSP connections.
• 2 Nos. Quick acting Solenoid Valve electrically operated.
• Electronic control panel.
  • Current to voltage converter as per suitable for sensors.
  • Input and Output terminals for DSO.
  • Solenoid ON/OFF switches.
  • Power supply terminal for sensors.
  • Inbuilt power supply for sensors and conversion.
• Oscilloscope - dual trace storage oscilloscope [DSO]
  • With online wave streaming recording and storage.
  • Facility to transfer the data to PC.
  • Pressure comparison for water Hammer. ​{velocity of sound through pressure wave}

SERVICES REQUIRED

• Water Supply, laboratory mains supply, Oscilloscope.
• SPACE REQUIRED: Height: 1.80 m x Length: 6.00 m x Width: 0.75 m

D) WEIGHT: 100Kg. Approx.