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Liquid Transport

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 338-0307/08
Abbreviation DopKa
Course title Liquid Transport
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Hydromechanics and Hydraulic Equipment
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Sylva Drábková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

The course builds on the knowledge of fluid mechanics. Students will learn the principles of graphic and numerical solutions of simple and compound piping detail. Students gain new knowledge on the analysis of flow in branched and circular networks. Attention is also paid to the work of the pump in the hydraulic control system and hydro transport system.

Syllabus of lectures
1. Pumping system: arrangement, boundary conditions, parameters, determination of the specific energy needed for the transport of liquids.
2. Pipe flow, pressure losses in laminar and turbulent pipe flow, determination of friction coefficient.
3. Hydraulic calculation of simple piping, fundamentals of graphical solution, system characteristics.
4. Pipes connected in series and parallel. Piping network, basic theory of pipe network analysis.
5. Parameters and materials of pipes, hydraulic elements.
6. Classification of pumps according to the principle of energy conversion.
7. Hydrostatic pumps, principle of operation, parameters, characteristics, field of application.
8. Hydrodynamic pumps, principle of operation, parameters, properties, characteristics, basic construction, application.
9. Hydrodynamic similarity, specific speed, classification of pumps according to specific speed, operating range, type series.
10. Parallel and serial cooperation of pumps, change of operating point, determination of pump parameters.
11. Pump control, throttle control, bypass control, impeller diameter reduction, speed control.
12. Cavitation in the pump, cavitation characteristics, determination of the suction head.
13. Unsteady flow mode, water hammer and impact on the system.
14. Pumping technology in practice, design of pumping stations.

Literature

HEWAKANDAMBY, BUDDHI N.: A First Course in Fluid Mechanics for Engineers. ISBN 978-87-403-0069-7 . Free book. Available at: www.bookboon.com

CHAURETTE, J.:Pump System Analysis and Sizing. Published by Fluide Design Inc.5th Edition, February 2003
http://www.pumpfundamentals.com/pump_book.htm


ASWATHA NARAYANA, P.A., SEETHARAMU, K.N.: Engineering Fluid Mechanics. Alpha Asience International Ltd., Harrow, U.K., 2005
CHAURETTE, J.:Pump System Analysis and Sizing. Published by Fluide Design Inc.5th Edition, February 2003.

Advised literature

BRENNEN, Christopher, E.: Hydrodynamics of Pumps. ISBN 0-19-856442-2  (Oxford University Press). Available at: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/25019/2/HydroPmp.pdf
www.pumps.org
www.europump.org