Watts SOCLA BA BM Installation Manual page 4

1.1 Operating principles
NORMAL FLOW CONDITIONS > FILLING / FLOW
START
The two check valves are opened. The relief valve is
closed (closing pressure is lower than the upstream
check valve opening pressure). Water is supplied to the
downstream chamber.
1.2 Malfunctions > Triggering of automatic safety mechanisms
There can be no inversion or fl uctuations of pressure between the intermediate chamber and the circuit upstream of the backfl ow
preventer. The construction of the device in accordance with standards requires the upstream pressure to remain 140 mbar higher
than the pressure in the intermediate chamber at all times. This differential value controls the opening of the relief valve and the
drainage of the backfl ow preventer. Backfl ow preventers with verifi able reduced pressure zones self-protect against their own
malfunctions. The device is made safe in static pressure situations.
The following situations can arise:
UPSTREAM
NEGATIVE
PRESSURE /
BACK-SIPHONAGE
The two check valves
close. The relief valve
opens and drains the
intermediate chamber.
NO
FLOW WITH
UPSTREAM VALVE
DEFECTIVE
The upstream pressure
increases the pressure
in the intermediate
chamber. The relief
valve opens and
causes a continuous
discharge.
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NO FLOW CONDITIONS > FLOW INTERRUPTION
The two check valves are closed. The relief valve is closed
(because the pressure required to close it is lower than
the pressure required to open the upstream check valve).
EN
OVERPRESSURE
WITH
DOWNSTREAM
VALVE SEALED
If the check valve is
perfectly sealed, no
malfunction will occur:
the valve remains
closed.
OVERPRESSURE
WITH
DOWNSTREAM
CHECK VALVE
DEFECTIVE
The overpressure
reaches the
intermediate chamber
causing the relief
valve to open and
discharge into the
sewage network.