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Designing Commercial Sewage Lift Stations Part 6: A Sizing Example Search
By Chris Edmondson

Over the last several weeks we’ve talked about many aspects of designing a commercial sewage Blog Archive
lift station, from flow rates to components. In this blog, we’re going to work through a really simple
sizing example. Let’s say we are sizing a sewage station for a retirement facility made up of primarily
independent living units. Series

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Nov 29, 2013 Pressurization
• Avoiding Pump Cavitation
Commercial Sewage Lift Stations Part 5 - System Components in Open Systems
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By Chris Edmondson • Boiler Installation Pitfalls

Just in case you haven’t gotten the message in this series on designing a commercial sewage lift Series
stations, the design process involves a lot more than selecting a sewage pump or sump pump. The
most reliable sewage lift • Commercial Sewage Lift
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Nov 19, 2013 • Condensing Boiler Plant
Piping Design
Commercial Sewage Lift Stations Part 4 - Pump Types and Control • Cooling Tower and
Requirements Condenser Water Design
Pumps used in commercial sewage lift stations come in a variety of types (effluents, grinders, etc.)
To determine which type is right for your application you must answer two questions: • Decarbonization with
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1. What size solids will have to be pumped?

2. What is the size of the discharge pipe? • Domestic Hot Water

Recirculation
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• Domestic Water Pressure
Nov 12, 2013
Booster Sizing Series
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Commercial Sewage Lift Stations Part 3 – How To Determine Total
Dynamic Head (TDH) Design

By Chris Edmondson • How To Develop Cooling

In a previous blog we discussed how to determine the flow for a commercial sewage lift station so Tower Life Cycle Cost
you determine the necessary pump capacity. Today we are going to discuss Total Dynamic Head,
which is also critical to sizing a pump for a sewage lift station. Not only is it absolutely necessary to
• How to Pick a Centrifugal
select a Pump
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Nov 3, 2013 Tower

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Designing Commercial Sewage Lift Stations Part 2: How to Design A • How to Read a Pump
Basin Curve
By Chris Edmondson
• Humidification Basics
Section 712 of the International Plumbing Code (IPC), Section 712, places a burden on the shoulders
of engineers. You have to design the sewage pit or basin that collects the sewage and houses the • Hydronic Balancing
pump(s). To do that properly, you need to address the following questions:
• Hydronic Systems Series
How big should the basin be? According to Section 712.3.2, “The sump pit shall be no less than 18
• Modern Pump Selection
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Condenser Water
Designing Commercial Sewage Lift Stations Part 1: How To Determine Applications
Flow Rate • Part Load Efficiency
By Chris Edmondson Values
Sometimes codes just aren’t very helpful. Take Section 712.4.2 of the International Plumbing Code
• Pump Efficiency Standards
(IPC) and its insight into the selecting flow capacity for a sewage and ejector pumps:

712.4.2 Capacity. A sewage pump or sewage ejector shall have the capacity and head for the • Pump Optimization Series
application requirements.
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Clearly, having the proper flow is necessary to efficiently discharge wastewater from a commercial Humidification Series
plumbing system – but how do you determine the flow rate for the sewage system so you can
properly size the pump? • Steam Basics Series
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• Understanding Primary
Oct 10, 2013 Secondary Pumping
• Variable Primary Chilled
Water Systems

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