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ihleslie Feb 21 @ 1:16pm
Pipe Filling Question.
I upgraded a water pipe from Mk 1 to Mk 2. Question: Is the pipe emptied after doing the upgrade? I ask because I came back sometime after the upgrade and found half the pipe empty. I'm using a small fraction of the 600 m^3/min. The actual source wells can output 720 m^3/min, so no shortage there.
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Originally posted by RadioIesbian Fluid:
Originally posted by ihleslie:
I upgraded a water pipe from Mk 1 to Mk 2. Question: Is the pipe emptied after doing the upgrade? I ask because I came back sometime after the upgrade and found half the pipe empty. I'm using a small fraction of the 600 m^3/min. The actual source wells can output 720 m^3/min, so no shortage there.

yes the pipe will become empty after upgrade.
The way pipes work is the fluid will fill up one segment at the time, once the pressure inside the segment is higher than the nearby segment then it will flow into the next segment.
This is the reason you see pipes not have a uniform flow unless they filled to the max and have full flowrate thru them.
This is also the cause of sloshing where you can end up with a situation where fluid flows into one segment, and the segment is flowed from has a lower pressure than the segment it just fed into, so fluids can back flow into the segment they came from. this is known as sloshing.
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Ryzilynt Feb 21 @ 1:21pm 
Are you putting 600m^3 into the pipe? Are you consuming more than you are putting into the pipe. Is "Half" the pipe empty along a vertical or horizontal axis?
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RadioIesbian Fluid Feb 21 @ 1:27pm 
Originally posted by ihleslie:
I upgraded a water pipe from Mk 1 to Mk 2. Question: Is the pipe emptied after doing the upgrade? I ask because I came back sometime after the upgrade and found half the pipe empty. I'm using a small fraction of the 600 m^3/min. The actual source wells can output 720 m^3/min, so no shortage there.

yes the pipe will become empty after upgrade.
The way pipes work is the fluid will fill up one segment at the time, once the pressure inside the segment is higher than the nearby segment then it will flow into the next segment.
This is the reason you see pipes not have a uniform flow unless they filled to the max and have full flowrate thru them.
This is also the cause of sloshing where you can end up with a situation where fluid flows into one segment, and the segment is flowed from has a lower pressure than the segment it just fed into, so fluids can back flow into the segment they came from. this is known as sloshing.
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ihleslie Feb 22 @ 5:29am 
My primary question was answered, but in the interest of full disclosure I discovered that a pump near the well source was not powered :steamfacepalm: After hours of the pipeline not filling I looked a little closer. It amazing how fast a pipe will fill with a Mk 2 pump plugged in. I hate user error.
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RadioIesbian Fluid Feb 22 @ 5:49am 
Pumps do not actually provide any flow rate. they act as a pressure nullifyer, directional (think valve) and provide headlift.
Unpowered pumps are a decent way to prevent backflow in your pipes.
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ihleslie Feb 22 @ 6:13am 
Originally posted by RadioIesbian Fluid:
Pumps do not actually provide any flow rate. they act as a pressure nullifyer, directional (think valve) and provide headlift.
Unpowered pumps are a decent way to prevent backflow in your pipes.
Or, if you actually need the head lift, a good way not to get any flow :steammocking:
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