QS Energy Inc (QSEP)

[moorea9]

Myrka, Alkaline,
Sorry for late reply, I was fishing in the Tahiti lagoon...

Re your water hose comparison. What you say below is true :
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As far as b) is concerned, try this: take a standard 5/8-inch diameter water hose, cut it in two. Using 5/8-inch to 1-inch adapters, install a 5 foot length of 1 inch hose in the middle. Run the water through it. The water entering the hose will have the same velocity as the water leaving the other end (same flow rate).
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BUT : this NEW flow rate with your new system, is higher than the case a) because your new system (system b) is less punishing to the water flow, because it has a section that is wider, so less friction at less on part or the travel.

So the following is untrue : Quote/All that work for nothing./Unquote

Yes, the liquid in a pipe has always the same flow (volume/unit of time) because all liquids are (almost) incompressible and they have integrity (no empty space, no void). SO : if a portion of the liquid "wants" to go faster (in and just after the AOT), it is "pulling" the liquid upstream, and "pushing" the liquid downstream, so that there is never a void in the tube.

Only one AOT can change the flow of the whole pipeline. It will not be a dramatic change, unless it is at bottleneck point (a point where for any reason, the flow rate is facing challenges : a slope, a sudden drop in temperature, disturbance in the flow, or (highly improbable) a temporary lower diameter).

So first put the AOT at those points, then put it everywhere.