HOT WATER CIRCULATING PUMP (FLOW CALCULATION)

Length of hot water supply pipe work : 550 Mts.

Length of hot water return pipe work : 450 Mts.
Total Length of Piping : 1000 Mts.

Approximate Heat Loss from piping at 60 C Inlet, 20C Ambient =10 W/m

Multiply above value by total length of Hot water piping.

Total heat loss (q) 1000 x 10 10000 W
Pump capacity is calculated by following formula:

q
Q L/s
Cp t
where
Q pump capacity, L/s
q heat loss, W
density of water (0.99kg/L)
Cp specific heat of water (4180 J/Kg.K)
t allowable temperature drop, K

For a 10 K allowable temperature drop,

q
Q L/s
41400

Therefore Pump capacity will be

10000
Q L/s 0.24 L/s.
41400
Say 0.50 L/s.
Proposed pump is of 8.0gpm.

ulation pump calculation 1 9/24/2019

Pump Head calculation

o The formula below for calculate these losses over a given length of pipe.
o hL = 10.67 * L * Q1.852 / C1.852 / d4.87 (SI Units)
Where,
o hL represents friction head loss (meters of H2O),
o L represents length of pipe (meters),
o d represents internal pipe diameter (meters),
o Q represents flow rate through the pipe (cubic meters per second), and
o C represents the Hazen-Williams coefficient.

‐ The domestic booster pump set hydraulic loss calculation is done based on the most critical
path from the booster pump set which locate at the roof of the building until the last fixture at
the 4th basement-floor toilet With counting the pipe size length within the site, all valves and
fittings to determine the hydraulic pressure loss. (Contractor shall recalculate and verify the
required head as per site condition)
‐ The selected pipe dia at 1.0m/s = mm from the chart
‐ The selected pipe dia at 1.0m/s = 25mm from the chart
‐ The length of the pipe = 200m
‐ The equivalent length for fitting and valves =50% of total length of the pipe = 100
‐ The total pipe length = 300m
‐ The friction losses = 16.86m

The pump head is equal to = (vertical head + friction losses + residual pressure) 10%
Vertical head = -2.0 m
Friction losses = 16.083m
Residual pressure (max flow pressure required at lavatory) = 8 psi =5.6 m.
The pump head = (-2+16.86+5.6) x1.1=22.5 m

So, the Hot water circulated pump which located above the roof of the buildings will be duplex
variable speed with 8gpm flow and 25 m head (each) is designed to serve the building with the
domestic water needs and to cover the peak load. Variable frequency drive controller is selected
for proper pump operation and to cover the building demand curve within the day. Three pumps
will operate with one stand by pump.

Booster Pump Set: 8 GPM @ 25m – 1D+1S