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Developing System Head Curves for Water Distribution Pumping: A 500‐gpm pump puts out 500 gpm. Right? Wrong? Well, maybe. It depends on the system head curve.
Author(s) -
Walski Thomas M.,
Ormsbee Lindell E.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1989.tb03239.x
Subject(s) - head (geology) , hydraulic head , distribution (mathematics) , engineering , geology , geotechnical engineering , mathematics , mathematical analysis , geomorphology
This article discusses cases in which water use near pump stations needs to be taken into consideration and illustrates how to use a pipe network model to determine a system head curve for those conditions. System head curves can be improved by consolidating water users at a single node, or, for more complex distribution systems, by using a water distribution model to determine system heads.