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The only problem of 3000 PSI is 99% of the snowmaking pipelines out there would instantly blow up at that pressure :) You would also need to have PRVs anyways,
by gorbypark 2y ago
The only problem of 3000 PSI is 99% of the snowmaking pipelines out there would instantly blow up at that pressure :)
You would also need to have PRVs anyways, because anything above about 700psi (900 if you are pushing it) is unusable/unsafe to use by the actual snowmakers and equipment. You also run soft 2" "fire" hose from a hydrant to a gun, and those are not rated for those pressures and the nozzles of the snow guns would wear out super quick as well (and the internal plumbing of the gun would probably blow up too).
You'd generally have a max of about 900 PSI and ideally much lower as most of these pipes are relatively old, have no maintenance (until they blow up and a quick patch is made) and were welded up by "Bob the maintenance guy"!
I suppose you could design a brand new system to be capable of such pressures when run in "generation" mode and still have some PRVs to keep it at a usable pressure during snowmaking operations.
- Danieru 2y agoIf you pump up the hill, say to 3000PSI, then waste pressure on the way down: you lose said wasted energy. Pumped Hydrogen Storage requires maintaining full pressure across the entire pipe. Which should be reasonable: the "fill up" pipe already needs to go from the bottom to top at full pressure. Reversing the flow should be enough. The issue would be if the fill method was staged pumps.