CE-UY 3243 Water Resources Engineering

Homework 7

Distributed: Mar. 26, 2022

Due: at BEGINNING of class on Mar. 31 – upload and paper copy

Problem 1
Water needs to be pumped from a lower reservoir to an upper reservoir that has a water surface 17.1 ft higher. The
pump will be installed in a 70-ft long, steel (CH = 130) pipe connecting the two reservoirs. The suction part of the pipe
(from lower reservoir to pump) will be 12 inches in diameter and 11.5 ft long; the discharge part of the pipe (from
pump to upper reservoir) will be 10 inches in diameter and 58.5 ft long. The centerline of the pump will be located 4.9
ft above the water level of the lower reservoir. Pipe entrance, valve and fitting losses in the suction part of the pipe
total Km = 1.5 and pipe exit, valve and fitting losses in the discharge part of the pipe total Km = 2.5. The attached sheet
shows the pump characteristics curves for the Goulds pump that is being considered. This Model 3409 pump can be
fitted with one of the seven different impeller sizes listed on the figure.

(a) Make a sketch that describes the geometry of the problem.

(b) Determine which impeller size should be selected if the desired flowrate is 5000 gpm. Show all calculations and
attach a clearly marked up printout of the manufacturer’s curve. (Graph the entire system curve, not just one point.)
(c) State the operating point that the selected pump would produce (flowrate and head) if the pump was installed into
the system as described here.
(d) Explain how the desired flowrate of 5000 gpm could be obtained if the pump is not provided with a variable speed
motor.
(e) What size motor (hp) is required? (do a calculation; do not attempt to use the Power curves)
(f) Is the proposed installation location of the pump acceptable in terms of NPSH when operating under the conditions
in part (c)? Assume the system is installed at sea level and the operating temperature is 60°F. [Wait until after
Tuesday’s lesson to work on this part of the problem.]

NOTES:
Be careful when graphing and reading values on the pump curve. Use a pair of straight edges to help follow the lines.
• The horizontal axis has 12 intervals per 1000 gpm – a very strange scaling.
• The lower part of the vertical axis corresponds to the power curves which you will ignore.
• The upper part of the vertical axis corresponds to the head delivered by the pump, in units of ft.

You can interpolate (approximately) between the Required NPSH curves if needed. These NPSH curves should not be
so “wiggly”.
Problem 2. The schematic shows a very small community (240 houses) which has water delivered by gravity from an
elevated storage tank. Each of the three house icons on the figure represents a subdivision (group) of 80 houses. The
average population of the overall community is 2.52 people per house. Each person uses an average of 100 gpd.

The horizontal pipe is the datum (zero elevation). The distance from point B to point C is 2000 ft, from point C to
point D is 1100 ft, from point D to point E is 1400 ft. All pipes are 4 inches in diameter with a Hazen Williams
friction factor of 110.

(a) On the basis of the information provided above, determine Qh. Report your answer in gpd and gpm.
(b) Assume the value of Qh that you calculated in part (a) is the average daily demand. Use the rules of thumb in the
class lesson to determine the peak day demand.
(c) Determine the maximum allowable elevation of the water level to ensure that the maximum pressure at all three
subdivisions is 100 psi. Explain your calculations. [This should be a simple calculation.]
(d) Determine the pressures at points C and D assuming the water level in the tank is at the elevation you determined
in part (c), the bottom of the tank is 30 ft below the water surface (use this to determine the length of the vertical
pipe segment) and the peak day demand is flowing out of the tank to meet all users’ needs. Neglect minor losses.
(e) With minimal calculations, determine the pressure at points C and D if the water level in the tank is 25 ft lower.
Problem 1. Manufacturer’s Pump Characteristic Curves – This page MUST be clearly annotated and submitted with your assignment.

Superimpose the system curve on this graph – make sure it is legible.

Also annotate the graph to indicate how you determined the operating point and required NPSH.