Air Release, Air/Vacuum Valves and Combination Air Valves (M51)

Air Release, Air/Vacuum Valves and Combination Air Valves (M51)
Author: AWWA Staff
Publisher: American Water Works Association
Total Pages: 51
Release: 2001-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1613001819

The American Water Works Association had this guide written to assist those who will choose, locate and/or install air valves for water use (it doesn't contain the AWWA standard, which is a separate publication). The use and principles of air valves are discussed in an introduction, the remainder of

Air-release, Air/vacuum, and Combination Air Valves

Air-release, Air/vacuum, and Combination Air Valves
Author:
Publisher: American Water Works Association
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2001
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1583211527

Operators, technicians, and engineers will find the information in this manual useful for gaining a basic understanding of the use and application of air valves. A valuable guide for selecting, sizing, locating, and installing air valves in water applications, M51 provides information on air valve types listed in AWWA Standard C512, latest edition, including the following: air-release valve; air/vacuum valve; and combination air valve.

Steel Pipe

Steel Pipe
Author: AWWA Staff
Publisher: American Water Works Association
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2011-01-12
Genre: Pipe, Steel
ISBN: 1613000014

This manual provides a review of experience and design theory regarding steel pipe used for conveying water. This fourth edition of the manual was approved in March 2003, and includes a new discussion of chemistry, casting, and heat treatment, plus new discussion of stress evaluation in spiral-welded pipe. There is revised material on ring girder d

The CRC Handbook of Mechanical Engineering

The CRC Handbook of Mechanical Engineering
Author: D. Yogi Goswami
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 2690
Release: 2004-09-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1420041584

The second edition of this standard-setting handbook provides and all-encompassing reference for the practicing engineer in industry, government, and academia, with relevant background and up-to-date information on the most important topics of modern mechanical engineering. These topics include modern manufacturing and design, robotics, computer engineering, environmental engineering, economics, patent law, and communication/information systems. The final chapter and appendix provide information regarding physical properties and mathematical and computational methods. New topics include nanotechnology, MEMS, electronic packaging, global climate change, electric and hybrid vehicles, and bioengineering.

Susceptibility of Distribution Systems to Negative Pressure Transients

Susceptibility of Distribution Systems to Negative Pressure Transients
Author: Kala K. Fleming
Publisher: American Water Works Association
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2006
Genre: Water
ISBN: 1583215115

Low or negative pressure transients (also called surge or water hammer) create temporary opportunities for external chemical and microbial contaminants at higher pressure to enter the water distribution system, creating potential health hazard and potential weakening of distribution pipes, leading to failure. This study investigates how such events as power outages, pump shutdowns, valve operations, main flushing, firefighting, and main breaks can create significant rapid, temporary drops in system pressure. The report offers useful recommendations for using surge models to optimally locate pressure monitors and to minimize the occurrence and impact from low- and negative-pressure transients.

Water Systems towards New Future Challenges

Water Systems towards New Future Challenges
Author: Helena M. Ramos
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2021-03-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3036504109

This book comprises components associated with smart water which aims at the exploitation and building of more sustainable and technological water networks towards the water–energy nexus and system efficiency. The implementation of modeling frameworks for measuring the performance based on a set of relevant indicators and data applications and model interfaces provides better support for decisions towards greater sustainability and more flexible and safer solutions. The hydraulic, management, and structural models represent the most effective and viable way to predict the behavior of the water networks under a wide range of conditions of demand and system failures. The knowledge of reliable parameters is crucial to develop approach models and, therefore, positive decisions in real time to be implemented in smart water systems. On the other hand, the models of operation in real-time optimization allow us to extend decisions to smart water systems in order to improve the efficiency of the water network and ensure more reliable and flexible operations, maximizing cost, environmental, and social savings associated with losses or failures. The data obtained in real time instantly update the network model towards digital water models, showing the characteristic parameters of pumps, valves, pressures, and flows, as well as hours of operation towards the lowest operating costs, in order to meet the requirement objectives for an efficient system.

Steel Pipe

Steel Pipe
Author: American Water Works Association
Publisher:
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2004
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Annotation "This fourth edition of AWWA's manual M11 Steel Pipe - A Guide for Design and Installation provides a review of experience and design theory regarding steel pipe used for conveying water. Steel water pipe meeting the requirements of appropriate AWWA standards has been found satisfactory for many applications including aqueducts, supply lines, transmission mains, distribution mains, and many more."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Butterfly Valves

Butterfly Valves
Author: American Water Works Association
Publisher: American Water Works Association
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2012
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1583218793

Updated from the 2001 edition, this new manual has expanded equations for eccentricity torque, added torque sign conventions and double offset disc design variables. Water operators receive complete information about the versatile butterfly valve in drinking water service. Engineers and technicians will gain a basic understanding of calculations for operating torque, head loss, and cavitation. Coverage includes valve design, torque, head loss, cavitation, testing, noise, and vibration. (

On-site Generation of Hypochlorite

On-site Generation of Hypochlorite
Author: American Water Works Association
Publisher:
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2014-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781625760265

As more water systems turn to safer alternatives to chlorine gas, the generation of hypochlorite on site has become increasingly common. M65, On-Site Generation of Hypochlorite, presents the principles of on-site generation (OSG), the differences between low-strength and high-strength OSG systems, and the subsequent impact each of these systems has on design, construction, and maintenance for water and wastewater utilities. M65 provides operators and engineering staff with a basic understanding of how to design and install both low- and high-strength OSG systems, how they work, and how they compare with other popular forms of chlorine currently on the market. A cost analysis and an examination of how OSG affects disinfection by-product formation are also included. This manual should help operators, planners, management, and engineers improve their decision-making processes about OSG systems using a holistic risk management approach that considers not only triple-bottom-line approaches but also the specific regional situation when choosing a chlorination system.