The System for Pumping

Introduction

The system for pumping the water includes the pump delivery flow rate of fluid from a particular source to the destination. This includes the general layout of the piping system where there has been pump placements with the pipe specification sizes, valves and the fittings with other piping accessories. The desired operating points are for the total head on the pump at a particular designing flow rate. (Kim et al., 2016). The data has been set for the functions of the volume flow rate. It includes the determining of the fluid properties like the temperature, specific weight, kinematic viscosity and the vapour pressure. There are determining points on the system curve which are set by analysing the total head that corresponds to the range of the flowing rates. Hence, with this, there have been flow rates which need to be changes for the calculations. A proper connection to the specific pipe size to the connections for the pump are set with the different size.

Suction Line Details

The suction line mainly includes the parts for the flowing of the system from the source of the fluid to the pump inlets. These are set with the great care so that the designing is in the suction line to make sure of the adequate positive suction heads. The methods include the positive head that has been by placing the pump below the reservoir supply. This is including the NPSH as seen in the figure. (Lopez et al., 2015).

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With the fluid to be clean, the pipe size is for the suction line that should not be small than the inlet connections which are on the pump. Hence, the alignment of the pipe need to be eliminated where the possibility is to form the air bubbles or the air pockets in the suction lining. This is mainly due to the pump which lose the capacity and the prime factor. The considerations are also to handle the reducer where there is an eccentric type pattern where the concentric reducers are placing part of the supply pipe above the pumping inlet. Here, the air pockets could be formed easily. (Rawat et al., 2016).

Designing

As per the process, there has been discharge line which need to be short or direct mainly to minimise the pump heads. The elbows need to handle the standards or the longer radius types as and when possible. This includes the discharge lines that also contain the valve closer to the pumping pattern. It will be allowing the services and the replacement of the pump where there has been suction lining to completely isolate the pump. For the lower resistance, there has been a gate or the butterfly valve that has been preferred. The flow of the regulations increases the head of the system and then cause the pumping delivery to decrease rapidly.

The elements need to be added to the discharge line as per the requirement. This also includes the pressure relief where it protects the pump from the other equipment in case of the blockage of the flow or any accidental shut off of the valve. The discharging line also contain the lower resistance patterns where there has been a check on the valve to prevent the flow back through the pump when there has been no performance or running. When the enlarger is used from the pump, then there is a need to place it between the check valve and the pump. It is setting the tap into the discharging line for the gage with the shut off valve as per the requirement. (Ye et al., 2015). The patterns for the sample cock will also allow the smaller flow of the fluid with the drawing off the testing patterns without any major disruptions.

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Applications of the Valves

With this, one is able to handle the globe valves which are for the internal construction and the external patterns. This includes the use of the throttle for the flow in the system. The term includes the additional of the resistance to the flow to control the amount of the fluid that has been delivered. With this, there have been angle valves to handle the external appearance with a proper gate value functions which are set in the closed position. The handle could easily be lifted with the vertical gate out of the flowing path. Hence, this helps in handling the limited loss of the energy.

The check valves are mainly to allow the flow in a particular direction where the stop flow is in the opposite other direction. (Chen et al., 2015). With this, there has been a maintenance of the dry basement area where the pump is able to draw the water from the sump and then it also forces it through the discharging pipe. Hence, here, the water level in the sump drops to a particular level, where the pump shuts off completely. There have been ball type and the swing type to handle the checks which are providing the restriction to the fluid. Hence, the resistance includes:

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Calculations

Equations to be used:

Cross section area:

Volume:

Weight:

Pressure:

Now, head:

Now,

Conclusion

The work has been focusing on the distinctions to properly handle the elements with the additional discharge lines to it. The blockage of the flow is set under the accidental shut-off of the value. It also prevents the flowing back through the pump that has not been working. There have been butterfly valve and the foot valves with the strainers to handle the performance of the system. This has been for the inlet patterns of the suction pipes which is able to deliver the fluid from the source tank or the reservoir to the pimp. It holds the integral strainer in order to keep the foreign objects out for the piping system.

Reference

Kim, H. T., & Cho, H. H. (2016). Simulation of Modeling Characteristics of Pumping Design Factor on Vacuum System. International journal of advanced smart convergence, 5(2), 1-7.

Rawat, R., Kaushik, S. C., & Lamba, R. (2016). A review on modeling, design methodology and size optimization of photovoltaic based water pumping, standalone and grid connected system. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 57, 1506-1519.

López-Luque, R., Reca, J., & Martínez, J. (2015). Optimal design of a standalone direct pumping photovoltaic system for deficit irrigation of olive orchards. Applied Energy, 149, 13-23.

Ye, Q., Hu, J., Cheng, P., & Ma, Z. (2015). Design trade-offs among shunt current, pumping loss and compactness in the piping system of a multi-stack vanadium flow battery. Journal of Power Sources, 296, 352-364.

Chen, C. H., Chen, T. C., Zhou, X., Kline-Schoder, R., Sorensen, P., Cooks, R. G., & Ouyang, Z. (2015). Design of portable mass spectrometers with handheld probes: aspects of the sampling and miniature pumping systems. Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 26(2), 240-247.