Surge Tank - Hydro Power Plant

[@casesully50]

I don't think people realize how much damage water hammer can cause. In the middle of your street is a 6" to 24" water main (depending) on where you live. If a city employee shuts a valve too fast during a high demand hour, a freight train of water is stopped instantly and hammers every valve, connection and pipe sidewall. That's what this surge tank is relieving, water hammer

[@rustblade5021]

yes but usually those are gate or butterfly valves and the larger ones can require hundreds of turns... so it's an inherently slow process

[@floydoroid]

thx for teaching me something :)

[@johannapoder2843]

Thank you.

[@paddlefaster]

The guys in my town just did this. There was a water main break and they turned the water on without draining any air. Blew out every faucet in my house

[@devb02]

Thanks man, never knew about water hammers!

[@humbertomacias3239]

The displacement is just a show of sheer power

[@martinsawyer109]

Bloody scary. Assuming that the sound of the water rising hadn’t been added.... I’m surprised the rushing noise was so loud! Would like to see the Dinorwig surge pond working.

[@PercivalBlakeney]

@martin sawyer I've been to Dinorwig. It's an amazing place. 😉

[@ass_rake_258]

It's the original sound 100%, ever stood close to a waterfall? Water can be very noisy under the right conditions

[@BigRed-dr6we]

Surge tanks are applied in hydropower plants with long water conduits to reduce pressure forces during the acceleration of the large water masses. They are constructed as intermittent water reservoirs close to the turbines, either with open access to atmospheric air or as a closed volume filled with pressurized air.

[@pederolsen3489]

Definitely don’t want to fall in because that pipe leads directly to the turbines 😅

[@khanyusuf09]

fuck water hammer

[@gen2mediainc.577]

AHHH NO

[@midgetman4206]

"The experience of a lifetime"

[@deviousN]

Hmmm nice food blender

[@ladyweasellou3367]

For some reason Dams, hydroelectric and nuclear (when water is involved) scares me to death.... Which is REALLY weird (my father and mother were USMC/USN Corpsmen and we've always spent time on the water all over). I don't know if it's because of the water, the sensing of electricity or the two put together. My husband speculates that it might be the understanding that if things went to hell I am very well aware that there's little that can be done. Just don't know. I'm a big supporter of Hydro and nuclear power but it is terrifying. It's the only thing that can paralyze me in fear.... I'm a Field Medic work for a private company with government contracts, an 8 person team I'm the field medic and therefore also the safety officer (we do deep forest/mountain/Swamp, Search and Rescue/Recovery, assist with Wildland fire if needed and work a lot of Natural Disasters and occasionally the governing body we are contracted to will send us over as a kind of mutual-aid to help in Natural disasters in other areas) it's very hard to surprise, scare or gross me out. I had to use a line and harness to pull a kid out of the water above a dam once and while I'll do whatever I need to do anytime / anywhere to keep those I'm responsible for but it's hard, I've never been so terrified. Wish I knew why So I could have a better chance of fighting it. Thankfully the district I'm in is not exactly where these things are found. ***** If ANYONE has an idea/theory, I would really appreciate the ideas/suggestions to find out why and fight it!!!

[@IanDaniel-DataAnalytics]

I like that initial distortion just before the water boils

[@boomer150]

When the water first comes up the distortion in the reflection is really weird.

[@liveintehpast]

Drugs are bad mkay

[@yellowbacon69]

Reminds me of the KV31 threshold when it warps the background as it reaches full power.

[@windbuddy1560]

Brain : “why don’t you jump gracefully right into the middle there”

[@walter_248]

My brain: *Spit.*

[@windbuddy1560]

@@walter_248 tru that

[@stavinaircaeruleum2275]

Call of the void

[@windbuddy1560]

@@stavinaircaeruleum2275 THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO KILL ME! THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO KILL ME!

[@buzza2077]

Hell to the no. Only time I almost had a panic attack was down in a water tank in a water treatment plant when it was being built.

[@danielevans8910]

Are you are worker or do you usually find yourself swimming in water treatment centers?

[@BLACKMONGOOSE13]

@@danielevans8910 Reformat your statement with proper grammar and sentence structure then come back.

[@danielevans8910]

@@BLACKMONGOOSE13 reformat deez nuts

[@Raooka]

@@BLACKMONGOOSE13 you aren't a search engine. you know exactly what he said

[@kenosabi]

So how long have you been a reddit mod for?

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

[@ixcutamp8059]

It's quite mesmerising

[@iamnode2088]

that felt terrific

[@zacharystewart6876]

Ya don't want to jump in there to cool off. You will cool off forever.

[@beyondfubar]

Take everyday things and make it unsettling to the point of fear. Achieved.

[@prestonburton8504]

sorry if this was already explained - Surge because of a turbine trip? and the momentum of the water has to go somewhere? I've seen this in the cooling systems with nuclear.

[@telimarkskierman]

copied and pasted from OP below: "Yes, it was during the commissioning tests. A surge tank is basically a device that transforms kinetic energy into potential energy. There are no valves involved apart from the turbine wicket gates which cuts off the water flow in order to avoid sustained over speeds in the generators. The water in the penstock stops in about 9 seconds (wicket gate closing time) but stopping a 3,5 km tunnel in that time is impossible, you'd blow the penstock to pieces with the resulting overpressure. The surge tank is simply a tank connected to the main water line, ideally close to where the penstocks start, that allows the water flow to divert into it gaining level (potential energy) and "slowly" dissipating the kinetic energy of the water flowing through the tunnel. What you are seeing is the first and strongest level rise after the turbine trip. Once it reaches its peak, the flow in the tunnel will reverse as the excess of potential energy is converted back to kinetic. If the system is left alone, it will oscillate back and forth eventually dampening due to friction losses."

[@evilnaytan100]

Prevents the Water hammer effect

[@garlandtx10]

You aren't getting the full experience of this, imagine a gust of wind pushing out from this tunnel consistently as well.

[@mopar3502001]

Terrifying and amazing all at once.

[@Michael_Michaels]

This is absolute terror for me. Wells filled with water!!!!???? Damn!!!!

[@xXFe_LixXx]

1. world problems - sorry, couldn't resist :3

[@Nejdetärbratack]

Nope nope nope nope nope

[@standardaussie]

POV, Of a little black ants last moments just trying to grab a drink out of your garden hose.

[@Thedoomdude100]

This is an interesting solo piece from Serj. Very Warhol like, still fails to hold a candle to elect the dead

[@jessetrowbridge6539]

I'm a surfer and the size of the boils in that tank are freaking scary.

[@estebanamador7601]

Aaay mae!!!!que buen video de Torito!!!!! (Me imagino que es Torito en CR??).

[@NGabunchanumbers]

Scary thing. Good thing there are 0 ladders to get out if you fall in!

[@gaspdahl1]

You won't need any ladder. This is a surge chamber. The water will change direction quickly, so if you fall in you will end up in the headrace tunnel below. Yes, you will meet the turbine but luckily, at that point you're already gonna be dead. Killed by high water pressure before entering the penstock at high speed. So don't go with the flow, stay out of this water must be the best advice.

[@greggreg2263]

I am subscriber 125⚡️

[@steveee2511]

very scary,im assuming these is the compartment where the water is derived while closing the valve or im wrong.

[@Kanalratten-TV]

Wow 😮. What is this?

[@stavinaircaeruleum2275]

Well that escalated quickly

[@racerX8800]

😂😂😂

[@benpolgardy9062]

The stuff nightmares are made of!

[@tamahagane1700]

No swimming here, right?

[@standardaussie]

Ooh man, I miss your mum 😢

[@historyinthefaking]

Great video 👍

[@Yamathasnfia]

That was pretty cool

[@alekosalekadis6095]

What happens if you fall inside?

[@paulfoley3222]

Death. The water would be too turbid and oxygenated to hold you up.

[@idontcare9797]

Nothing good

[@Walltrash1273]

There's a massive turbine underneath you get sucked into it

[@adrianthoroughgood1191]

The rush happens when they close the valve. If you fell in then and got out before the valve was opened again you might survive it.

[@alekosalekadis6095]

@@adrianthoroughgood1191 you can float or swim in the turbulence?

[@EstorilEm]

Was this a test? What facility was this? Really cool and impressive stuff I just don't really have much of an idea of what's going on. When they close the valves I guess the pressure builds up and to prevent a blowout of the penstocks or valves the tank takes up the head pressure? Do you need to provide a diversion method before close in the valve so the tank can empty? The higher the tank, the faster it diverts out? I'm guessing the height of the tank is designed with a bunch of specific factors in mind but it does appear to get to the top very quickly!

[@1974grico]

Yes, it was during the commissioning tests. A surge tank is basically a device that transforms kinetic energy into potential energy. There are no valves involved apart from the turbine wicket gates which cuts off the water flow in order to avoid sustained over speeds in the generators. The water in the penstock stops in about 9 seconds (wicket gate closing time) but stopping a 3,5 km tunnel in that time is impossible, you'd blow the penstock to pieces with the resulting overpressure. The surge tank is simply a tank connected to the main water line, ideally close to where the penstocks start, that allows the water flow to divert into it gaining level (potential energy) and "slowly" dissipating the kinetic energy of the water flowing through the tunnel. What you are seeing is the first and strongest level rise after the turbine trip. Once it reaches its peak, the flow in the tunnel will reverse as the excess of potential energy is converted back to kinetic. If the system is left alone, it will oscillate back and forth eventually dampening due to friction losses.

[@d_kortman]

Gumersindo Rico so as a brief summary, when high pressure water is stopped from a valve, that pressure that builds up from the Kinetic energy becomes dangerous, therefore rerouting to this tank so that it has somewhere to go.

[@killman369547]

+Aviator Dylan. correct, this phenomenon is known as "water hammer" and it can be very destructive indeed. some dam operators in russia found out the hard way. the force of the water hammer blew the whole generator hall apart. no kidding, there's video of it. search "russian dam water hammer" and you'll find it.

[@musicnerd72]

@@killman369547 Are you talking about the Sayano-Shushenskaya failure? If so, I understood that to be caused by turbine vibration, which in turn caused metal fatigue on the bolts and plates holding it down.

[@LuciferMorningstar666-e1s]

@@1974grico speak English

[@TheSuperQuail]

falling in there is a nightmare

[@QbutNotTheQ]

I would wet my pants if I was standing there.

[@ingussilins6330]

"Gigant toilet flush..."

[@TheSludgeCount]

Literal nightmare fuel 😰😟 image falling into that.

[@mathewb7076]

"oMg iTs sTiLl wAtEr"

[@alexgoldstein7997]

So cool!!!

[@Kini_the_Fox]

Fucking terrifying

[@phild.4545]

Ah yes.. the forbidden bath tub

[@jordanpearson2899]

Question is: Would you float?

[@aaron5632018]

Yes , like a rock

[@ravindarsingh3002]

Thnx for the video buddy

[@tawogtrailers]

My Submechanophobia could never

[@altimgamr]

That’s a word that shouldn’t exist. But I have it too

[@ladyweasellou3367]

For some reason Dams, hydroelectric and nuclear (when water is involved) scares me to death.... Which is REALLY weird (my father and mother were USMC/USN Corpsmen and we've always spent time on the water all over). I don't know if it's because of the water, the sensing of electricity or the two put together. My husband speculates that it might be the understanding that if things went to hell I am very well aware that there's little that can be done. Just don't know. I'm a big supporter of Hydro and nuclear power but it is terrifying. It's the only thing that can paralyze me in fear.... I'm a Field Medic work for a private company with government contracts, an 8 person team I'm the field medic and therefore also the safety officer (we do deep forest/mountain/Swamp, Search and Rescue/Recovery, assist with Wildland fire if needed and work a lot of Natural Disasters and occasionally the governing body we are contracted to will send us over as a kind of mutual-aid to help in Natural disasters in other areas) it's very hard to surprise, scare or gross me out. I had to use a line and harness to pull a kid out of the water above a dam once and while I'll do whatever I need to do anytime / anywhere to keep those I'm responsible for but it's hard, I've never been so terrified. Wish I knew why So I could have a better chance of fighting it. Thankfully the district I'm in is not exactly where these things are found. Edit: a bit more info to add... I was one of those children afraid of the bathtub drain and my parents tried to stop that issue but nothing really helped. My parents weren't the "give in and baby their child's fears" types and always did their best to avoid allowing fears to take us over but this never changed. I still find it very very unnerving to be in a public or unfamiliar bathroom and will jump away from pipes without meaning to if I hear/see something abnormal without meaning too. A very very old bare bathroom such as those in state/national Parks really does it too.... If there's already someone in there I'm uncomfortable but I'm okay; however, if there's no one in there (or the park is pretty much empty) I will start shaking and have many times had my husband (or when I was a child, a parent or my older sibling) stand outside the stall but in the bathroom and check the stalls before I'll go in. No one has ever forced me alone in there (even my mischievous older brother) and I think it's because they see/feel the fear radiating. My best friend pointed out once that bathroom sinks/tubs and toilets are just mini versions of those massive Dams, powerplants, etc..... And that's an excellent point. I love to swim and I fear little. I've had guns pointed at me, hit in the face with a rifle-butt, had to discharge my own pistol, swept out to sea by undertow and had to be rescued, almost bleed out twice, almost killed along with my late fiance, gave to face with wild animals and psychopathic humans.... NOTHING causes this level of fear in me like these structures do. ***** If ANYONE has an idea/theory, I would really appreciate the ideas/suggestions to find out why and fight it!!!

[@Renard380]

I'm scared of water when i can't see the bottom and i don't know why, i don't imagine monsters or anything, just an absurd yet strong fear that can sometimes prevent me from moving (dark water in tunnels is the worst for me). Others have a fear of submerged objects (submechanophobia or something). I suspect it's linked to a primal fear of water, some old instinct that our ancestors developed and that prevented them from drowning. I guess it takes weird shapes now because it's a very old instincts transposed to our modern world. (Like cats being scared of some vegetables because old instincts tell them it's shaped like snakes and snake bites are deadly). Interesting stuff imo.

[@darryl211]

Yeah I had that feeling at the Ballard locks in Seattle one night. I don’t ever want go back there again at night

[@NextStop2030]

Two ideas. 1. Watch a bunch of a engineering videos on these systems. 2. Know yourself and then just let it go. Hint: Your subconscious/ego creates the fear. :)

[@Tarnimo]

@@NextStop2030 I must say this is a great suggestion. Understanding is knowing. There are several great channels that explain in depth about hydro dam engineering. I believe engineering mindset is one of them

[@iankeegan5047]

Submechanophobia is real! I am in the same boat!

[@ProfessionalGold]

*Server activity when a gamer girl joins*

[@hunterhoegemeyer67]

Cursed jacuzzi

[@bryanyarrington5792]

What is a surge tank???

[@gen2mediainc.577]

THE WATER IS COMING. THE VIDEO CUTS BEFORE YOU SEE IT STOP.

[@bellidoify]

es un tanque de oscilacion del ph torito en turrialba cartago costa rica.

[@fatwalletboy2]

Not a place you want to take a dip in......where would end up when that lot drops back??? In the turbines??

[@summerdog6387]

much possible yes as it is a part of the intake i think haha surely not a place to dip xD

[@AS-yf4jr]

Not always.. you would possibly come out from the flushing gates but there are possibilities you might end up in turbines but you'd be dead already.

[@gen2mediainc.577]

I believe these surge tanks are on top of penstocks , which are the pipes that lead to turbines iirc

[@FerroequinologistofColorado]

@@gen2mediainc.577 yes the penstocks lead directly to the scroll cases which contain the turbines

[@rickhobson3211]

It's all fun and games until you see the shadows moving under the water. >.>

[@jyotiprakashgirdharilalnay7562]

Extremely useful

[@Engineer9736]

That sounds as if you think this tank is the main purpose of the entire powerplant... It's only a side-part to prevent a disaster (broken waterlines). It does not give any + benefit, it only prevents bad stuff from happening.

[@krashd]

@@Engineer9736 Preventing bad stuff is a benefit. You seriously don't believe smoke detectors are beneficial to your house?

[@rajr1032]

Scary!

[@بسامالسنايدي-و4ع]

فهموني ايش السالفه

[@off_mah_lawn2074]

KZbin compression not able to handle lol

[@surviver5738]

Scary shit

[@Ionee-q4f]

woah

[@missme9247]

Surging is the way to force start the turbine?

[@SootyMangabey.]

Surge tank prevents water hammer when closing off the hydro intake system

[@fatwalletboy2]

I thought it was CGi at first.....made my eyes go funny. Being on site seeing and hearing this would give me brown trousers......very strange set up....

[@EQMVB]

If i didn't knew about the facility and happened just to be there when this was filling up i'd have a code brown in seconds too!

[@bobadkins7377]

Yiiii!!!

[@the.malinski]

Sweet

[@skipdegraff6547]

I did same thing at taco bell yesterday

[@famousbowl9926]

Go to the Dr. You're sick and diseased...

[@famousbowl9926]

Seriously. Wtf is wrong with yall stomachs?? I shit perfectly normal logs after Taci Bell.

[@haidandurham8630]

This gives me anxiet just looking at it

[@muhammaddahlan830]

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[@just.another.nobody.843]

Ini video tentang "surge tank" di bendungan, kok komentar tentang minyak.

[@Mr.Not_Sure]

Imagine accidentally dropping your phone here 😱

[@catalickconverta6823]

Thats scary as fuck😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️

[@CONCERTMANchicago]

Talk about instant boils.

[@WladimirLenin-v6b]

Jump in and film it

[@apatbond2864]

Holii sheeett

[@TheLeoPoint]

Scary

[@shaunl1922]

Forbidden hottub

[@liveintehpast]

Water and stuff

[@adase324]

When I clog the toilet!

[@zozoprofessorofeverything3469]

Surge tank? Isn't he the singer from system of a down?

[@MUHAMMADFARHANNAUFALMahasiswaP]

Cagaaaa

[@ThePerpetualStudent]

Pardon me.

[@TheToastPeople]

King Kong's toilet

[@MrGepard]

76 different levels of nope

[@darryl211]

Nope, no way

[@vinesh123]

[02/05, 1:36 PM] Dream: kzbin.infowRuNmr0AP4c?feature=share [02/05, 1:36 PM] Dream: प्रकृति का ये रूप नहीं देखा होगा आपने इसको सुन्दर कहें या भयानक ? पूरे 2 घंटे लग गए इस 30 सेकेंड के वीडियो को रिकॉर्ड करने में

[@Hoopaball]

That's worse than my toilet.

[@weltvonoben]

I can barely watch this..

[@devnathpandit2115]

Waw

[@eagleeyez1280]

Nope

[@vizagothx7294]

mfw i clog the toilet..

[@whatever_else]

Video stop because they run

[@21ld48]

POV: you thought it said sugar tank

[@SrFord-rg3qf]

Gente que mieo 😯 realmente que mal rollo da este vidio xd

[@charlesblack2523]

That was a little scary

[@RaggedsEdge]

Nope nope nope.