BERMAD Irrigation Blog

OMEGA is BERMAD’s advanced cloud-based irrigation controller, offering anywhere-anytime connectivity to your irrigation system using BERMAD Cloud Web access and smartphone app.
OMEGA is a standalone battery-operated controller, designed to provide a user-friendly and cost-effective solution for irrigation systems, water distribution, data acquisition and pre-paid systems (districts & consortiums).

Hydraulic flow control can be used to increase the efficiency of irrigation systems, optimize water usage, and balance and protect hydraulic systems.

Water hammer due to valve closing is unfortunately a common risk as valve closing dramatically reduces flow – "blocking" the water path. In this short blog, we look at the problem and recommended solutions.

Problem:

Water hammer caused by valve slamming at closing.

• Valve: IR-2"-100 series, commanded by external pressure (no specific application is detailed)
• Working pressure: 50 meters / 73 psi
• Command pressure: Not specified
• Flow: 4 l/s (14.4 m3/h) / 63.4 gpm
• Flow velocity: 2m/s / 6.5 f/s