Project:

Subject: Pumps Head Calculation

Main sewage pumping station

a) Static Head
Pipe Crown highest level - Pit minimum water level = Static Head = 13.43 m
Grading/Ground Level = 5.00 m
Invert level of inlet pipe = -0.03 m
Ground highest level = 8.00 m suggested
Pipe Crown highest level = 6.80 m
Pit Bottom level = -7.63 m
Pit minimum allowable water level -6.63 m

b) Head losses in Pipe lines

Head losses in fiberglass pipe lines according to American Water Works Association Manual M45
i.a) Head loss in pipe (Darcy-Weisbach)
Pipe Length L= 1920.00 m 6,299.5200 f
Pipe Diameter D= 0.15 m 0.4922 f
Flow (3 pumps at duty) Q= 306.00 l/s 4,850.9874 g/m
Water Velocity V= 17.32 m/s 56.8140 f/s
≥4000 Turbulent
Reynolds number Re= 2,796,100.3047 flow
Moody friction factor Ft = 0.0098
Friction loss in pipe Hf = 1926.22 m 6,319.9190 f

1 meter = 3.2810 f
1 cubic meter = 264.2000 gal
1 cubic meter/hour = 4.4030 gallon/minute [US]
1 liter/second = 15.8529 gallon/minute [US]
Acceleration of gravity g = 9.8 m/s² = 32.1538 f/s²
Kinematic Viscosity µ = 0.00001 f³/s
Reynolds number Re= ID * V / µ ID = pipe inside diameter
Simplified Colebrook equation Ft 1 / [1.8 Log (Re/7)]²
Darcy-Weisbach Equation Hf = (Ft * L * V²) / (2* ID * g)
Losses in valves and fittings Hf= K * V² / 2g

i.b) Head loss in pipe (Hazen williams)

Hazen williams losses= 7.32 m

Conclusion : afer calculating losses in two methods (Darcy-weisbach and Hazen-williams)

we chose the highest value.

ii) Head loss in valves and fittings

Fitting type Quantity K factor Total K factor
32º Elbow 5.00 0.50 2.50
22.5º Elbow 3.00 0.50 1.50
11.25º Elbow 3.00 0.50 1.50
Gate Valve 1.00 0.20 0.20
Total = 5.7000

Head losses valves and fittings Hf = 87.2001 m

iii) Head losses for each single pump valves and fittings
Pipe Diameter D= 0.35 m
Flow Q= 102.00 l/s
Water Velocity V= 1.06 m/s

Fitting type Quantity K factor Total K factor

90º Elbow 2.00 0.50 1.00
Tee 1.00 1.70 1.70
 Reducer 1.00 0.70 0.70
Gate Valve 1.00 0.20 0.20
Check valve 1.00 2.00 2.00
Total = 5.6000

Head losses valves and fittings Hf = 0.3211 m

Overall pump head required = 108.27

Pump head with 20% safety factor 130 m