HydraTek and
Associates Inc. was founded in 1989 to provide consulting
engineering services for problems involving water hammer in
pipe systems. To date, HydraTek has completed over 200
water hammer projects in a diverse range of pipe systems
such as water distribution networks, water transmission
systems, sewerage force mains, airport jet fuel supply
networks and hydroelectric installations. With its base in
Toronto (Canada), HydraTek globally offers comprehensive
hydraulic modelling, analysis and design recommendations for
a variety of complex hydraulic systems.
HydraTek’s TransAM software package is a
“fixed-grid” method of characteristics based simulation
model that encodes a variety of numerical and physical
developments; including the ability to properly simulate
Vent-O-Mat’s three stage air valve.