Design considerations and performance evaluation of a surge tank for diaphragm pump operation

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Özdemir, Şahika

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This thesis is performed to evaluate the design consideration and performance characteristics of a surge tank for a diaphragm pump operation and to evaluate the proper volume and inlet area of surge tank in order to reduce the pulsations of the discharge pressure. An experimental set up is constructed for a three diaphragm positive displacement pump and the experiments are conducted afterwards. The surge tanks having different volumes and the surge tank inlet area configurations are tested in order to achieve the minimum peak to peak pulsations. Experiments showed that among the different sizes of the surge tanks, the minimum peak to peak pulsations are achieved with the largest volume which is the original surge tank of the test pump used by the pump manufacturer. This result is supported by the literature which states that with greater surge tank size the magnitude of pulsations can be diminished more. Regarding the surge tank inlet area design; among the eight different adaptors a proper inlet area value is concluded having the minimum peak to peak pulsations also smaller than the original configuration.

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Hydraulic machinery.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612662/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/19943

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Ş. Özdemir, “Design considerations and performance evaluation of a surge tank for diaphragm pump operation,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2010.