Abstract: Employing a set of well-chosen and maintained air valves is a widely recommended strategy for air management in pressurized pipelines. However, precisely characterizing, modeling, and sizing air valves for the various ...

Abstract: A central element of a pipeline’s air management infrastructure is typically its set of air exchange valves (AEVs), a designation that includes air release and air/vacuum valves. Knowledge of the air mass flow rate as a ...