Course detail

Water tanks and pumping stations

FAST-BP52Acad. year: 2016/2017

Design the elevation and volume of water storage reservoirs, equipment fitting and storage chambers, types of water tanks, construction methods of water tanks.
Basic types of pumps, ways of involving pumps, pumps with variable speed, technological and service equipment of pumping stations, construction of pumping stations, cavitation, watre hammer protection , booster stations.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Ladislav Tuhovčák, CSc.

Department

Institute of Municipal Water Management (VHO)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Ability to design water storege tanks and water supply pumping stations, the ability of communication with the specialist - mechanical engineer in solving the technology of water supply pumping stations.

Prerequisites

Hydraulic
Municipal Technical Equipment Networks

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Physical properties of pumped media, hydraulic of pipe fittings, local head losses
losses
2. Types of water storage tanks, storage design, elevation location of the tanks
3. Equipment of the water tank valve chambers
4. Building design and construction of water storage tanks
5. Excursion to the selected water storage tank
6. Centrifugal types of pumps, the basic pumps curves
7. The proposal of basic pumping system - pumps, transmission main, water storage tank
8. Suction side of the pump, energy usage, efficiency and optimization of pumping stations
pump operation
9. Booster pumping stations, pumps with variable speed
10.Water hammer, protection against the water hammer, cavitation
11.Pressure reducing and control valves
12.Excursion to the selected pumping station
13.Producers of the pumps, databases of the pumps

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Extend a basic knowledge of water tanks and pumping stations that received the student in subject BP03 Water supply. The goal is to enable graduate students to solve a simple case of a water tanks and pumping stations design, the ability to work with specialists in dealing with complex issues.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Cabrera, E.: Pups, Electromechanical Devices and Systems. Balbena Publishers, 2003.
Paciga: Projektovanie a prevadzka čerpacej techniky. Alfa, Bratislava, 1990.
Pivoda - Šálek: Čerpací stanice. SNTL, 1982.
Teasdale. M.: European Pumps and Pumpinng. CHW Roles, 1998.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Ladislav Tuhovčák, CSc.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Ladislav Tuhovčák, CSc.