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Tag Archives: Plumbing

How a Pressure Assisted Toilet Inspires

Innovation ExamplesBy Tim HamptonJanuary 19, 2019

Flush with excitement I just spent a week at a resort in Orlando. One thing I had never encountered before was a pressure assisted toilet. The thing flushed so forcefully I had to take a look in the tank, where I found a pressure vessel. This video explains how it works, and explores how a…

Preventing Water Hammer – Principle 29

Innovation ExamplesBy Tim HamptonJanuary 11, 2018

In one of his Practical Engineering YouTube videos, Grady Hillhouse describes the phenomenon of water hammer. When the inertia of moving water is dissipated as the flow of water is interrupted suddenly, it can cause a severe shock. In some homes this manifests itself as banging pipes when water flow is stopped quickly by closing…

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