1. We have a 100 foot water (at sea level) column that is 12 x 12 square.

Questions: A - What would the psi be at the bottom of the water column? B - What is the total weight of the column?

2. Now we insert a 6 x 6 square tubing, 90 feet long, with both of its ends sealed, into the 12 x 12 square 100 foot water column, and the 6 x 6 tubing is lowered flush with the top of the 100 foot water column. Questions: C - What is the buoyant force that has to be exerted on the 6 x 6 tubing to keep it submerged in the water column assuming that the 6 x 6 tubing housing is weightless? D - With this 6 x 6 tubing inserted to the 90 foot mark sighted above, what is the psi at the bottom of the 12 x 12 water column if it changes? E - What is the psi at the 90 foot mark?

3. If we were to remove the cap at the bottom of the 6 x 6 square tubing that is inserted inside of the 12 x 12 water column, and at the same time, were to secure the 6 x 6 square tubing concentrically placed inside the 12 x 12 water column, as the water started to rise inside the 6 x 6 square tubing, until it reaches its equilibrium point, the water column would drop in the area between the inside diameter of the 12 x 12 water column and the outside diameter of the 6 x 6 square tubing, and assuming we had a source of water that refilled the displaced water in the water column as the water rose and came to rest inside the 6 x 6 square tubing

Questions: F - What is the psi at the top of the water table inside of the 6 x 6 square tubing where the now compressed air in that tubing and the water table intersect? G - How far from the lower edge of the 90 foot 6 x 6 square tubing does the water interact with the compressed air in feet and inches?

4. Let s assume that at the bottom of the 12 x 12 water column, which is at ground level; a hose is attached, hooked up to a fire hydrant (water source). The inbound flow from the hydrant hose is coming through at 100 psi through a 6 x 6 square outlet/inlet, with a constant flow at 100 psi. Question: H - With the 6 x 6 square tubing concentrically placed into the 12 x 12 water column, and the 100 psi at the orifice inlet pressure, what would the overflow volume be each hour if everything remained constant at the top of the 100 foot column (not accounting for frictional forces) given in US gallons?

5. Next, let s remove the cap on the top of the 6 x 6 square tubing that is at the center of the 12 x 12 water column and attach a round hollow pressure chamber (ball) at the top replacing the cap that was just removed. The round pressure chamber is open at the bottom where it is attached to the 6 x 6 tubing allowing for the displacement inside of the round pressure chamber to pass through into the 6 x 6 tubing. Next we connect a compressed nitrogen tank to the round pressure chamber that is open at the bottom where it is attached to the 6 x 6 square tubing. The pressure in the chamber would be roughly the same pressure as the tubing below it. Now the pressure valve on the nitrogen

tank is opened only enough to displace the water that has risen up the 6 x 6 square tubing referenced earlier.

Question: I - How many psi would be required to keep the 6 x 6 square tubing full of nitrogen the full 90 feet and no more?

6. An apparatus is attached to the pressure chamber ball (the size and the shape and how the apparatus works is not important). This apparatus allows us to insert a 1 x 1 cork cube (0.0086 lbs./in.3 density). These cubes that are inserted by this apparatus into the pressure chamber, for this initial consideration, and they drop through the free nitrogen air space and float on top of the water at the bottom of the 6 x 6 x 90 foot high square tubing. These cubes continue to accumulate on top of each other until their accumulated weight exceeds the buoyancy of those at the bottom holding up the weight of the other cubes on top of them. When this occurs, the bottom layer of cubes descend into the 12 x 12 water column, and since they are no longer constricted by the 6 x 6 square tubing walls, are now free to rise because of there buoyancy in the area between the inside diameter of the 12 x 12 water column and the outside diameter of the 6 x 6 square tubing Questions: J - If the feed rate into the area between the inside diameter of the 12 x 12 water column and the outside diameter of the 6 x 6 square tubing of these buoyant cubes were to equal 50 percent of the space/volume (the distance between the concentric 6 x 6 square tubing and the 12 x 12 water column as they travel upward toward the top of the 100 foot water column, 90 feet from their start point), how many cubes would it take? K - At 50 percent of the volume displaced, what would be the volume of water left in the area between the inside diameter of the 12 x 12 water column and
3

the outside diameter of the 6 x 6 square tubing area starting at 90 feet from the top, up to the overflow point (top of water column)?

7. We have a constant pressure of incoming flow of water at 100 psi cited earlier, and an overflow volume at the top of the water column that the answer to was given in question H. 8. Let s assume the feed of buoyant cubes was quick enough to keep up with the 50 percent by volume cited in Question J (50 percent of the volume cork cubes to 50 percent water in the space between the concentric square tubing and the outside water column). Questions: L With these dynamics in motion, the pressure at the bottom of the 90 foot 6 x 6 square tubing would change to reflect the reduction in water column weight. What would this psi number be at the 90 foot level after the cork cubes dynamics are factored in? M What would the new modified nitrogen pressure reading be to maintain nitrogen all the way to the bottom of the 6 x 6 square tubing compared to the reading in Question I. N The flow of water should change at the top of the water column. What will the new gallons per hour flow rate be? O With the inlet pressure from the fire hydrant at the bottom of the water column, holding consistent at 100 psi, would we see an increase in the velocity of the water traveling up the 100 foot water column with the cork cubes at 50 percent of the displaced volume? P If so, what percentage of volume increase would it be verses the flow before adding the cork cubes into the flow dynamics?