Surge Tank Design

[tobiasito]

Does anyone know any good resources (preferably online) for surge tank calculations and design?

 

[junker]

I do not have a specific address for online information, but I have found vendor calculation guides to be helpful in the past. If you perform a search on "surge tank" or "hydropneumatic tank" you should get a lot of hits. You might also try AWWA, ASHRAE, and ASPE.

 

[asv80]

tobiasito:
I am in need of the same calculation/design. If you had obtained this information please let me know.
Thanks in advance
ASV80

 

[hydrae]

Surge analysis when done in detail is a complex calculation that online programs will not do justice.
Rule of thumb calculations such as 50 psi of surge for every 1 ft/sec change in velocity and a wave propagation velocity of 4000 ft/sec for the time response will give a good starting point. These rule of thumbs need adjustments for pipe material, pipe thickness, pipe strength, static and dynamic pressures, dead end and change of diameter reflections along with fluid properties and phase changes as applicable.

If you require a more detailed calculation, purchase one of many pipeline analysis software that include the surge component such as Surge 2000 by KYPIPE

Hydrae

 

[asv80]

Thanks Hydrae. We are looking at some quick calculations however, I will check them and see if they will work for our case.
ASV80

 

[stanier]

The reference Fluid Transients in Pipeline Systems PRof ARD Thorley ISBN 1 86058 405 5 PE Publishing. You can buy this on line.

Otheriwse invest in AFT Impulse where you can model surge tanks, gas & liquid accumulator. You can purchase the software on line.

 

[asv80]

Stainer:
Thank you for the referenes.
ASV80