Greetings all. We are doing some maintenance on a major water pipeline in our Agri-business. This requires welding a steel plate to "patch" a leak. As the repairs are being done, water is being transferred through the pipe.
Will this seriously affect the weld penetration? Will the weld be less...
I would like to know what the effects would be if a pump had to suddenly be stopped due to, for example, a power failure. Is there significant risk of water hammer? What measures are recommended for preventing water hammer?
In my specific situation, I will be running 3 pumps, sucking and...
Recently I was conducting tests on a centrifugal borehole pump. When the pump was started up under no head (i.e. the pump was run without any connections other than the riser pipe) it would run without problems. As soon as the delivery pipework was connected up, the pump would trip on...
