Understanding of the Risks of High Pressures Following Rapid Pressurization in Pipelines Containing Entrapped Air Pockets: A Novel Energy Auditing Approach

Rapid pressurization of liquid pipelines containing entrapped air may result in extreme overpressures. Both experimental and numerical studies have shown that the magnitude of the induced pressure has important sensitivities to many physical parameters even though the complex nature of the system’s transient responses has tended to obscure the physical mechanisms themselves. To provide insight and guidance to key design issues, this paper …