Guideline for Drawing a hydraulic network with a Pump

(EPANET)

Figure 1 - Hydraulic System with Pump

1) Draw the two reservoirs, the pump and the junctions;

2) Connect everything with pipes (don't forget to draw a junction between the reservoir
1 and the junction 4 in order to properly connect the pump in the system;

3) Set lengths, diameters and roughness for each pipe;

Pipe Length (m) Diameter (in) Roughness (mm)

1 1000 12 0.8
2 1000 30 0.8
3 2000 15 0.8
4 500 12 0.8
4) Set elevations for each junction;
Junction 3: 250m
Junction 4: 250m
Junction 5: 280m

5) Set the Total Heads for each reservoir;

Reservoir 1: 200m
Reservoir 2: 300m

6) Depending on your units set them at Browser -> Options -> Hydraulics;
Flow units: CFS (Cubic feet per second);
Head Loss Formula: D-W (Darcy-Weisbach);

7) Set a Pump Curve. Go to Browser -> Curves -> Add;

Flow (CFS) Head (ft)

0 800
40 777
100 664

8) Set the Pump Curve to your Pump. Double Click the Pump and put the number of
your Pump Curve;

9) Run the Analysis;

10) To view the hydraulic values of the system, go to View -> Options;
-> Notation -> Check “Display Node Values” and “Display Link Values”;
-> Flow Arrows -> Check “Open”, you can change the size;
-> Labels -> Check “Display Map Labels”;
You can change the values you want to see on the screen in the Browser
(Nodes and Links);
You can change some values and then run again the analysis and check the
differences;
 If you want you can also double click the junction, pipe or reservoir to see their
parameters and values obtained;
In order to change aesthetically your drawing, right click on the drawing sheet,
go to Options and make the changes you want.

11) If you want to integrate a junction with a specific demand during the day, you
should create a Demand Pattern. Go to Browser -> Patterns -> Add;

Table 1 - Typical multiplying factors during each hour

Hour 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Factor 1 2 2 5 8 10 15 17 24 20 16 14

Hour 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Factor 10 8 15 20 16 8 5 4 2 2 1.5 1

12) Add a new junction to your scheme, with 290m of elevation and a pipe connection
with length of 100m, diameter of 12in and roughness of 0.8mm;

Figure 2 - Hydraulic System with Pump and new junction with Demand Pattern

13) Double click your new junction and set Base Demand = 1 and Demand Pattern = 1
(the number you named to your daily pattern);

14) Run Analysis and check the new results.