Course detail

Water Tanks and Pumping Stations

FAST-BP052Acad. year: 2022/2023

Design the elevation and volume of water storage reservoirs, equipment fitting and storage chambers, types of water tanks, construction methods of water tanks, technical autit 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, technical audit of pumping stations.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Tomáš Kučera, Ph.D.

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, operation of tanks.
4. Building design and construction of water storage tanks, technical audit of water 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, technical audit of pumping stations.
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

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme B-K-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Tomáš Kučera, Ph.D.

Syllabus

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, operation of tanks. 4. Building design and construction of water storage tanks, technical audit of water 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, technical audit of pumping stations. 12. Excursion to the selected pumping station 13. Producers of the pumps, databases of the pumps

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Tomáš Kučera, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Calculation of head losses 2. Calculation of local head losses in fittings 3. Calculation and design of water tank volume 4. Equipment of water tank valve chamber 5. Excursion to the selected water tank 6. Epanet 2.0 - hydraulic analysis of water distribution network, introduction 7. Epanet 2.0 - enter the parameters of hydraulic system - pumps, transmission main, water tank 8. Epanet 2.0 - setting the operating point of the pump system 9. Epanet 2.0 - kvazidynamic hydraulic analysis of the proposed pumping system 10. Epanet 2.0. - Office hours 11. Design of control and pressure reducing valves 12. Excursion to the selected pumping station 13. Credit