Systems and Methods for Providing Surge Relief

A method for responding to pressure changes in a fluid by a system, the method comprising:

• providing a first piping subsystem that receives an input flow;
• providing at least one independent second piping subsystem that receives another input flow;
• providing a third piping subsystem that receives the input flow or the other input flow by respectively substituting for the first piping subsystem or the at least one second piping system;
• and
• providing, in each of the piping subsystems, first and second pilots that detect a maximum pressure and a maximum pressure rate increase, respectively,
• wherein the substituting is performed by actuating a set of valves, each valve of which being sized in relation to a diameter of a respective pipe to which the valve is coupled,
• wherein one or more valves associated with the first piping subsystem is of a different size from one or more valves associated with the second piping subsystem, and
• wherein one or more valves associated with the third piping subsystem has a diameter at least as wide as a widest diameter from among the one or more valves associated with each of the first and second piping subsystems.