Shock Alleviators

Filed Under ( Stop Pipe Bursts) by Pulsar on 30-08-2011

Tagged Under : Shock Alleviators, ShockGuard, Surge Alleviators

Shock alleviators and shock accumulators do not alleviate shock, nor do surge alleviators and surge accumulators alleviate surge. Alleviators provide a soft place, so that the pump does not have to instantly accelerate all the liquid in the pipe system when it starts. Similarly, they provide a place into which flow can continue, for a time, against increasing resistance, when a a valve has been slammed. In both cases, because time has been increased, peak pressure generation is decreased. In short, they all prevent the peak pressure from being generated.

Source: http://www.shockguard.co.uk/

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