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Experimental Study of Air Vessel Behavior for Energy Storage or System Protection in Water Hammer Events

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: An experimental assessment of an air pocket (AP), confined in a compressed air vessel (CAV), has been investigated under several different water hammer (WH) events to better define the use of protection devices or compressed air energy storage (CAES) systems. This research focuses on the size of an AP within an air vessel and tries to describe how it affects important parameters of the system, i.e., the pressure in the pipe, stored pressure, flow velocity, displaced volume of water and water level in the CAV. Results present a specific range of air pockets based on a dimensionless parameter extractable for other real systems.

Source: Water

DOI: 10.3390/w9010063

Authors: Mohsen Besharat, Maria Teresa Viseu, Helena Ramos

Institutions: Islamic Azad University, Tehran, University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico, Islamic Azad University, Saghez Branch, National Laboratory for Civil Engineering

Language: English

Topic: Water Systems and Optimization

Subfield: Civil and Structural Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,137

Funder: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia