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Gravity Flow [1]

The movement of liquid caused by the force of gravity. Gravity flow provides the primary method of delivering product to anĀ underground storage tank [2].

Liquid in a hose or pipe that is tilted in a "downhill" direction will, of course, move in that direction, even without any external power source. The pressure that gravity imposes on liquid in a pipe is referred to as theĀ static head.


Source URL (modified on 10/17/2014): https://testing.pei.org/wiki/gravity-flow

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[1] https://testing.pei.org/wiki/gravity-flow
[2] https://testing.pei.org/node/300