Hydraulic Engineering 3A

Assignment: Pumps in Series and Parallel

24 April 2009

Draw in the effective pump curves for the following cases of pumps arranged in series and parallel
configurations. Indicate the operating point of the system and the individual pumps.
1. Two identical pumps in parallel
System working point:
Pump working point:

Q: ..
Q: ..

H: ..
H: ..

200

Head (m)

150

100

50

0
0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

100

120

140

Flow (l/s)

2. Two identical pumps in series

System working point:
Pump working point:

Q: ..
Q: ..

H: ..
H: ..

200

Head (m)

150

100

50

0
0

20

40

60

80

Flow (l/s)

3. Three identical pumps in parallel

System working point:
Pump working point:

Q: ..
Q: ..

H: ..
H: ..

200

Head (m)

150

100

50

0
0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

100

120

140

Flow (l/s)

4. Three identical pumps in series

System working point:
Pump working point:

Q: ..
Q: ..

H: ..
H: ..

200

Head (m)

150

100

50

0
0

20

40

60

80

Flow (l/s)

5. Two non-identical pumps in parallel

System working point:
Pump 1 working point:
Pump 2 working point:

Q: ..
Q: ..
Q: ..

H: ..
H: ..
H: ..

200

Head (m)

150

100

50

0
0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

100

120

140

Flow (l/s)

6. Two non-identical pumps in series

System working point:
Pump 1 working point:
Pump 2 working point:

Q: ..
Q: ..
Q: ..

H: ..
H: ..
H: ..

200

Head (m)

150

100

50

0
0

20

40

60

80

Flow (l/s)