Water hammer in Natural gas pipeline Rough estmate, based on assumptions and elements from Perry about liquid

water hammer Description unit figure Note Pipe length m 4000 straight line Pipe external diameter m 0.6096 24" Assumed pipe thickness m 0.0175 assumed sch40, it can be less Assumed MW of gas 20 Natural gas is mostly CH4 Operating pressure barg 10 Operating temperature oC 50 Molecular volume (operating conditions) m3/kgmol 2.44 Fluid density at operating conditions kg/m3 8.20 Ideal gas is assumed Volumetric flow, normal conditions Nm3/h 90000 Volumetric flow, operating conditions m3/h 9795 Pipe internal diameter m 0.575 V Fluid velocity in pipeline m/s 10.5 V Velocity change, when valve closed m/s 10.5 Isothermic bulk modulus of NG Bara 11.01 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulk_modulus Isothermic bulk modulus of NG Pa 1101300 Corresponding celerity for fluid m/s 366.5 pipe elasticity neglected water hammer at sudden valve closure Pa 31530 p=**V (Perry, 7th ed, 6-44) water hammer at sudden valve closure Bar 0.32 sudden is any closure time less than sec 22 Same p for e.g. t=1 or 11 sec Note For higher celerity (pressure wave velocity), e.g. m/s 1365 as reported in Perry for water water hammer at sudden valve closure Pa 117435 water hammer at sudden valve closure Bar 1.17 sudden is any closure time less than m/s 6 Same p for e.g. t=1 or 3 sec Conclusion: Above indicates insignificant pressure surge in the pipeline in case of sudden valve closure. p~0.32 Bar. Even accepting bulk modulus of water, p~1.17 Bar. Closure valve time in 8 sec is sudden closure.

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