Papers by Keyword: Water Distribution

Abstract: A novel wet electrostatic precipitator used carbon fiber membrane as collector electrodes was designed for effective control of fine aerosol. The volt-ampere (V-I) characteristics of 3k，6k and 12k carbon fiber membrane with four kinds of typical discharge electrode were investigated to seek the ideal form of corona electrode. The results showed that 12k carbon fiber membrane obtained a higher corona current in the same voltage.

Abstract: This paper focus on the water distribution of secondary cooling for beam blank continuous casting process. Analysis of the influencing factors and initial determination method for important parameters of secondary cooling water, including specific water, water ratio in each secondary cooling zoon and the amount of water in outer arc, inner arc and sider at one secondary cooling zoon. After that, according to the simulation heat transfer process of the secondary cooling, to improve the secondary cooling system is given. This work provides a reference to the development of secondary cooling system.

Abstract: The dipping tube hydropneumatic tank is one of the most efficient equipments to prevent water hammer in water distribution and long distance transmission pipe systems. Due to its low costs and easy to maintain features, dipping tube hydropneumatic tank has many irreplaceable advantages, however it is difficult to determine the correct size and gas volume for real world engineering applications. This paper presents a robust method to solve the problems from theory and application. Based on the Method of Characteristics (MOC) equations, this paper derives the equations for modeling dipping tube hydropneumatic tanks in water distribution systems to prevent water hammer. The equations include MOC, differential orifice head loss equation, gas law, air mass, air velocity and etc. The IBMs scientific subroutine package (SSP) is applied to solve the equations by deriving to the form of X=f (X). The method has been integrated into HAMMER. This paper also presents an example to illustrate the methods of determining the tank size, and the comparison results with sealed hydropneumatic tank and surge tank equipment.

Abstract: Localized internal corrosion of water distribution piping is difficult to detect, diagnose, and mitigate. This paper describes the demonstration and validation of multi-parameter water quality sensors and corrosion rate sensors that were permanently installed at a U. S. Army installation to detect corrosion problems and fine-tune the chemical treatment program. This paper will include results of the sensor demonstration and validation. Follow-on work includes the integration of the sensors with a dynamic real-time water distribution system chemical and hydraulic simulation. This work will also be described.