Course Details
Water Tanks and Pumping Stations
Academic Year 2023/24
BPB007 course is part of 1 study plan
BPC-SI / V Winter Semester 4th year
Design the elevation and volume of water storage reservoirs, equipment fitting and storage chambers, types of water tanks, construction methods of water tanks, technical autit of water tanks.
Basic types of pumps, ways of involving pumps, pumps with variable speed, technological and service equipment of pumping stations, construction of pumping stations, cavitation, watre hammer protection , booster stations, technical audit of pumping stations.
Basic types of pumps, ways of involving pumps, pumps with variable speed, technological and service equipment of pumping stations, construction of pumping stations, cavitation, watre hammer protection , booster stations, technical audit of pumping stations.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
Extend a basic knowledge of water tanks and pumping stations that received the student in subject BP03 Water supply. The goal is to enable graduate students to solve a simple case of a water tanks and pumping stations design, the ability to work with specialists in dealing with complex issues.
Knowledge
Ability to design water storege tanks and water supply pumping stations, the ability of communication with the specialist - mechanical engineer in solving the technology of water supply pumping stations.
Syllabus
1. Water tank as an object, function and types, location, water volume in tanks.
2. Construction and construction of water tanks.
3. Pipe fitting of water tanks and other equipment.
4. Pump, pump clasification.
5. Characteristics of pumps, functional equations, pumping systems (example).
6. Introduction to mathematical modeling in water industry.
7. Excursion to water tank / pump station.
8. Utilization of means for mathematical modeling in the design of water tanks and pumping stations.
9. Requirements for pumping stations, inlet and suction layout, discharge piping.
10. Water hammer.
11. Regulation and optimization of pump operation, automatic pressure stations.
12. Pump manufacturers, working with digital catalogs, pump selection.
13. Special fittings, optimization of the water systém.
2. Construction and construction of water tanks.
3. Pipe fitting of water tanks and other equipment.
4. Pump, pump clasification.
5. Characteristics of pumps, functional equations, pumping systems (example).
6. Introduction to mathematical modeling in water industry.
7. Excursion to water tank / pump station.
8. Utilization of means for mathematical modeling in the design of water tanks and pumping stations.
9. Requirements for pumping stations, inlet and suction layout, discharge piping.
10. Water hammer.
11. Regulation and optimization of pump operation, automatic pressure stations.
12. Pump manufacturers, working with digital catalogs, pump selection.
13. Special fittings, optimization of the water systém.
Prerequisites
Hydraulic, Municipal Technical Equipment Networks, Water Supply
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
5 credits
Semester
winter
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Water tank as an object, function and types, location, water volume in tanks.
2. Construction and construction of water tanks.
3. Pipe fitting of water tanks and other equipment.
4. Pump, pump clasification.
5. Characteristics of pumps, functional equations, pumping systems (example).
6. Introduction to mathematical modeling in water industry.
7. Excursion to water tank / pump station.
8. Utilization of means for mathematical modeling in the design of water tanks and pumping stations.
9. Requirements for pumping stations, inlet and suction layout, discharge piping.
10. Water hammer.
11. Regulation and optimization of pump operation, automatic pressure stations.
12. Pump manufacturers, working with digital catalogs, pump selection.
13. Special fittings, optimization of the water systém.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Armature chambre.
2. Usable volume of tanks.
3. Dimensions of accumulation tanks, levels.
4. Water tank handling chamber – structure of pipe fittings.
5. Handling chamber of the water reservoir – drawing, tutorial exercise.
6. Pump systém.
7. Excursion.
8. Epanet – static model of the water supply network.
9. Epanet – Dynamic model of the water supply network, water tank design.
10. Epanet – Design of a water tank with software support.
11. Seminar work elaboration.
12. Pump manufacturers, pump selection.
13. Credit.