Comments for The Causes of Water Hammer (Part One) at http://www.pump-zone.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.pump-zone.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:14:01 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.pump-zone.com/pumps/pumps/the-causes-of-water-hammer-part-one.html#comment-10 Michael, Waterhammer was harnessed a couple of hundred years ago by a machine known as the hydraulic ram. It is still used today to pump water from streams and rivers to higher elevations. For an overview of the ram check out "The Leaking Pump Puzzler" on page 102 of "The Puzzler". You can download it from my web site www.PumpEd101.com. Regards, Joe - Joe Evans Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:14:22 +0100 http://www.pump-zone.com/pumps/pumps/the-causes-of-water-hammer-part-one.html#comment-9 Couldn't this phenomenon be used to generate energy (electrical) by utilizing the in the article described increase in pressure in the tube? E.g. by setting several tubes (cylinders) similar to the setup of the cylinders in a car engine, to turn a turbine? This would be a clean source of energy, isn't it? Or is it not possible to build such a device in an industrial size? How big the cyclinders would have to be to create 1 (one) MW of el. energy? - Michael Suppanber Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:26:24 +0100 http://www.pump-zone.com/pumps/pumps/the-causes-of-water-hammer-part-one.html#comment-3 The article beautifully explains the water hammer causes in lucid language relating it to the fudamentals also enabling the reader to develop a perception on the subject. Thanking you - Anindita Moitra Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:22:16 +0100