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A Physical Investigation of Air/Water Interactions Leading to Geyser Events in Rapid Filling Pipelines

About: The article was published on 2011-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 25 citations till now.
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TL;DR: In this article, a dynamic transient model was developed to simulate the transition from gravity flow to pressurized flow that would occur during a storm event, and the model is able to simulate pressurization with pipe-filling bore or gradual flow regime transition.
Abstract: The potential for hydraulic transients in the West Area Combined Sewer Overflow Tunnel System of the City of Atlanta was investigated by numerical modeling. Different design alternatives were evaluated to mitigate pressure oscillations, backflows, and flooding during storm events. A dynamic transient model was developed to simulate the transition from gravity flow to pressurized flow that would occur during a storm event. The model is able to simulate pressurization with pipe-filling bore or gradual-flow regime transition. Numerical results compare well with experimental data on single pipe flows. Following a brief description of the model, the paper discusses the pressure transients simulated during the filling of the tunnels for both the original and improved designs.

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TL;DR: Geysers are explosive eruptions of air-water mixture from manholes in drainage systems as mentioned in this paper, when the design capacity of storm water drainage systems is exceeded during heavy rainfall, rapid inf...
Abstract: Geysers are explosive eruptions of air-water mixture from manholes in drainage systems. When the design capacity of storm water drainage systems is exceeded during heavy rainfall, rapid inf...

32 citations

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TL;DR: Geysers are explosive eruptions of air-water mixture from manholes in drainage systems as mentioned in this paper, when the design capacity of urban storm water drainage systems is exceeded during extreme rainfall.
Abstract: Geysers are explosive eruptions of air-water mixture from manholes in drainage systems. When the design capacity of urban storm water drainage systems is exceeded during extreme rainfall, r...

25 citations


Cites methods or result from "A Physical Investigation of Air/Wat..."

  • ...The CFD model is also applied to simulate a geyser event observed in the experiments of Lewis (2011), for which data are available....

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  • ...The predicted free surface and air-water interface levels in the riser are in good agreement with the data of Lewis (2011) [Fig....

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  • ...…aVa ¼ ðπD2=4ÞL0, volume of air in tunnel; Vw ¼ ðπD2r=4ÞH0, volume of water in riser. bDefined as the level where the air pocket breaks the free surface. cvnet = net rising velocity of air pocket in the riser, relative to the free surface. dFine mesh is used. eExperimental set up of Lewis (2011)....

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  • ...(a) Predicted dynamics of air pocket for Dr ¼ 44 mm, D ¼ 95 mm with an upstream pressure head H0 ¼ 0.46 m (Run B16, experimental data of Lewis 2011); (b) predicted and observed free-surface level Yfs and interface level Y int; (c) predicted and observed water-column length Lw and air-pocket…...

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  • ...As an independent check, an additional numerical experiment (Run B16) is conducted for the experimental set up of Lewis (2011)....

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TL;DR: In this paper, a laboratory study on violent geysers in a vertical pipe was conducted, where each geyser produced a few consecutive violent eruptions within a time frame of a few seconds with heights of several feet.
Abstract: This paper reports a laboratory study on violent geysers in a vertical pipe. Each geyser produced consists of a few consecutive violent eruptions within a time frame of a few seconds with heights t...

21 citations


Cites background or methods from "A Physical Investigation of Air/Wat..."

  • ...Geysers have been studied over three decades in terms of water phase only or air–water interaction (e.g. Guo & Song, 1991; Lewis, 2011; Shao, 2013; Wright et al., 2011)....

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  • ...Furthermore, a number of laboratory experiments (e.g. Lewis, 2011; Vasconcelos, 2005) have been conducted to produce geysers, however none of these experiments produced large geyser heights as observed in the field....

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  • ...For instance, in the experiments of Lewis (2011), the maximum geyser height achieved was 2.3 m for a 44 mm vertical pipe and 0.65 m for a 95 mm vertical pipe....

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  • ...During intense rainfall events, CSO storage tunnels may undergo a rapid filling, leading to highly dynamic conditions and air entrapment (e.g. Hamam & McCorquodale, 1982; Leon, Ghidaoui, Schmidt, & García, 2010; Lewis, 2011; Vasconcelos, 2005; Wright, Lewis, & Vasconcelos, 2011)....

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  • ...Hamam and McCorquodale (1982), Vasconcelos (2005) and Lewis (2011) studied the mechanisms through which air is entrapped in horizontal tunnels....

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TL;DR: In this paper, the mechanisms that lead to violent eruptions in stormwater and combined sewer systems were described with laboratory observations, and the upper limit of the upper bound was derived.
Abstract: Supported with laboratory observations, this paper describes the mechanisms that lead to violent eruptions in stormwater and combined sewer systems. This paper also derives the upper limit ...

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Cites background from "A Physical Investigation of Air/Wat..."

  • ...Along the same reasoning of Wright et al. (2011); Lewis (2011) argued that with an “inertia-induced surge” alone, geysers cannot be explained entirely....

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  • ...Geysers have been studied over three decades in terms of water phase only or air–water interaction (e.g. Guo & Song, 1991; Lewis, 2011; Vasconcelos, 2005; Wright et al., 2011)....

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  • ...Geysers have been studied over three decades in terms of water phase only or air-water interaction (e.g., Guo & Song, 1991; Vasconcelos, 2005; Lewis, 2011; Wright et al., 2011)....

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01 Jan 1967
TL;DR: The dynamique des : fluides Reference Record created on 2005-11-18 is updated on 2016-08-08 and shows improvements in the quality of the data over the past decade.
Abstract: Preface Conventions and notation 1. The physical properties of fluids 2. Kinematics of the flow field 3. Equations governing the motion of a fluid 4. Flow of a uniform incompressible viscous fluid 5. Flow at large Reynolds number: effects of viscosity 6. Irrotational flow theory and its applications 7. Flow of effectively inviscid liquid with vorticity Appendices.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a broad investigation into the properties of steady gravity currents, in so far as they can be represented by perfect-fluid theory and simple extensions of it (like the classical theory of hydraulic jumps) that give a rudimentary account of dissipation.
Abstract: This paper presents a broad investigation into the properties of steady gravity currents, in so far as they can be represented by perfect-fluid theory and simple extensions of it (like the classical theory of hydraulic jumps) that give a rudimentary account of dissipation. As usually understood, a gravity current consists of a wedge of heavy fluid (e.g. salt water, cold air) intruding into an expanse of lighter fluid (fresh water, warm air); but it is pointed out in Q 1 that, if the effects of viscosity and mixing of the fluids at the interface are ignored, the hydrodynamical problem is formally the same as that for an empty cavity advancing along the upper boundary of a liquid. Being simplest in detail, the latter problem is treated as a prototype for the class of physical problems under study: most of the analysis is related to it specifically, but the results thus obtained are immediately applicable to gravity currents by scaling the gravitational constant according to a simple rule. In Q 2 the possible states of steady flow in the present category between fixed horizontal boundaries are examined on the assumption that the interface becomes horizontal far downstream. A certain range of flows appears to be possible when energy is dissipated; but in the absence of dissipation only one flow is possible, in which the asymptotic level of the interface is midway between the plane boundaries. The corresponding flow in a tube of circular cross-section is found in $3, and the theory is shown to be in excellent agreement with the results of recent experiments by Zukoski. A discussion of the effects of surface tension is included in 0 3. The two-dimensional energy-conserving flow is investigated further in Q 4, and finally a close approximation to the shape of the interface is obtained. In Q 5 the discussion turns to the question whether flows characterized by periodic wavetrains are realizable, and it appears that none is possible without a large loss of energy occurring. In $6 the case of infinite total depth is considered, relating to deeply submerged gravity currents. It is shown that the flow must always feature a breaking ‘head wave’, and various properties of the resulting wake are demonstrated. Reasonable agreement is established with experimental results obtained by Keulegan and others.

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"A Physical Investigation of Air/Wat..." refers background or methods in this paper

  • ...Benjamin (1968) studied the migration of an air intrusion at atmospheric pressure into an emptying pipeline....

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  • ...As observed in the study by Benjamin (1968), the general shape of a migrating air intrusion contained a nose region where the depth of air intrusion is the greatest....

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  • ...The volume of the air pocket is a key variable and larger air pockets were capable of intruding into the water with relative velocities approaching the infinite intrusion relations developed by Benjamin (1968). The largest air pocket migrated only 9% slower than the Benjamin relation. Altogether, for a given air intrusion thickness, the observed migration velocities of discrete pockets during the capsule experiments were less than the Montes (1997) relation for an infinite intrusion....

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  • ...Chapter 3 will discuss in more detail that the liquid velocity required to prevent upstream migration of air is proportional to the square root of diameter, as shown in Equations 2.2 and 2.3: 54.0= gD v Benjamin (1968) [2.2] 5.0)(sin56....

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  • ...The study of Benjamin 1968 provided a broad theoretical exploration of the movement of air cavities within full pipes....

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Book
02 Jan 1993
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed valve stoking methods for controlling transients in multi-pipe and non-pipe transients caused by turbomachines and single-component two-phase transient flows.
Abstract: Fluid transient flow concepts basic differential flow concepts solution by characteristics method the complete equations other methods of solution complex systems with multi-pipe and non-pipe elements transients caused by turbomachines two-component and single-component two-phase transient flows valve stoking methods for controlling transients multi-element systems and transmission lines concepts of oscillatory flow and resonance analysis of oscillatory flow in systems natural gas pipeline transients open-channel transient flow special topics.

1,202 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe measurements of the shape and rate of rise of air bubbles varying in volume from 1·5 to 200 cm. 3 when they rise through nitrobenzene or water.
Abstract: Part I describes measurements of the shape and rate of rise of air bubbles varying in volume from 1·5 to 200 cm. 3 when they rise through nitrobenzene or water. Measurements of photographs of bubbles formed in nitrobenzene show that the greater part of the upper surface is always spherical. A theoretical discussion, based on the assumption that the pressure over the front of the bubble is the same as that in ideal hydrodynamic flow round a sphere, shows that the velocity of rise, U , should be related to the radius of curvature, R , in the region of the vertex, by the equation U = 2/3√( gR ); the agreement between this relationship and the experimental results is excellent. For geometrically similar bubbles of such large diameter that the drag coefficient would be independent of Reynolds’s number, it would be expected that U would be proportional to the sixth root of the volume, V ; measurements of eighty-eight bubbles show considerable scatter in the values of U/V 1/6 , although there is no systematic variation in the value of this ratio with the volume. Part II. Though the characteristics of a large bubble are associated with the observed fact that the hydrodynamic pressure on the front of a spherical cap moving through a fluid is nearly the same as that on a complete sphere, the mechanics of a rising bubble cannot be completely understood till the observed pressure distribution on a spherical cap is understood. Failing this, the case of a large bubble running up a circular tube filled with water and emptying at the bottom is capable of being analyzed completely because the bubble is not then followed by a wake. An approxim ate calculation shows that the velocity U of rise is U = 0·46 √( ga ), where a is the radius of the tube. Experiments with a tube 7·9 cm. diameter gave values of U from 29·1 to 30·6 cm./sec., corresponding with values of U /√( ga ) from 0·466 to 0·490.

999 citations

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01 Feb 1998

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