Water Hammer in the Pump Pipeline System with an Air Chamber

에어챔버가 설치된 가압펌프 계통에서의 수격현상

  • Published : 2007.12.31

Abstract

Water hammer following the tripping of pumps can lead to overpressures and negative pressures. Reduction in overpressure and negative pressure may be necessary to avoid failure, to improve the efficiency of operation and to avoid fatigue of system components. The field tests on the water hammer have been conducted on the pump rising pipeline system with an air chamber. The hydraulic transient is modeled using the method of characteristics. Minimizing the least squares problem representing the difference between the measured and predicted transient response in the system performs the calibration of the simulation program. Among the input variables used in the water hammer analysis, the effects of the polytropic exponent, the discharge coefficient and the wave speed on the result of the numerical analysis were examined. The computer program developed in this study will be useful in designing the optimum parameters of an air chamber for the real pump pipeline system. The correct selection of air chamber size and the effects of related parameters to minimize water hammer have been investigated by both field measurements and numerical modeling.

갑작스런 펌프 정지로 야기되는 수격현상은 과압이나 부압을 일으킬 수 있다. 과압을 줄이거나 부압을 방지하는 것은 계통설비의 피로를 피하고 작동효율을 향상시키기 위해 필요하다. 에어챔버가 설치된 펌프 관로 계에서 수격현상에 대한 현장시험을 수행하였다 또한 특성 곡선법을 사용하여 과도현상에 대한 수치해석을 수행하였다. 계통에 대한 헌장시험과 수치해석 결과를 비교하여 수치해석코드에 사용되는 주요 입력변수인 폴리트로픽 지수, 유량계수, 압력파의 속도에 대한 보정값 검증과 민감도 분석을 수행하였다. 수격현상을 최소화할 수 있는 에어챔버의 크기와 관련 변수의 영향이 현장시험과 수치해석을 통해 연구되었다.

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