- left: View from the PTV operations room.
right: View from the PTV pit.
- This figure presents the quantity of potential energy stored in the
compressed water as a function of pressure and the volume of water in
the vessel. The volume of the vessel is
but solid aluminum ingots
can be used to reduce this volume to
,
,
or
. The right ordinate axis expresses the potential
energy in conventional terms while the left ordinate axis expresses
the energy in terms of the hypothetical vertical distance that the
3650 lbs cap could be propelled. The quiet protocol applies to
pressures less than 3500 psi, the notify protocol applies in
the yellow-shaded region, and the evacuate protocol applies
elsewhere.
- Schematic used for calculation of the potential energy stored
in the compressed water.
- Schematic of the ground floor of OSB. The
-symbol indicates
the proposed locations of the notification signs.
Dana Swift, swift@ocean.washington.edu