Project:

Subject: Pumps Head Calculation

Main sewage pumping station
a) Static Head
13.43 m

Pipe Crown highest level - Pit minimum water level = Static Head =
Grading/Ground Level

Invert level of inlet pipe

Ground highest level

Pipe Crown highest level

=
=

Pit Bottom level

=
Pit minimum allowable water level =

5.00
-0.03
8.00
6.80
-7.63
-6.63

m
m
m
m
m
m

suggested

b) Head losses in Pipe lines

Head losses in fiberglass pipe lines according to American Water Works Association Manual M45
i.a) Head loss in pipe (Darcy-Weisbach)

Pipe Length L=
Pipe Diameter D=
Flow (3 pumps at duty) Q=
Water Velocity V=

1920.00
0.50
306.00
1.56

m
m
l/s
m/s

Reynolds number Re=

Moody friction factor Ft =
Friction loss in pipe Hf =

5.69 m

6,299.5200
1.6405
4,850.9874
5.1133

ft
ft
g/m
ft/s

838,830.0914
0.0120
18.6825 ft

4000 Turbulent flow

1 meter =
3.2810 ft
1 cubic meter =
264.2000 gal
1 cubic meter/hour =
4.4030 gallon/minute [US]
1 liter/second =
15.8529 gallon/minute [US]
Acceleration of gravity g =
9.8 m/s =
32.1538 ft/s
Kinematic Viscosity =
0.00001 ft/s
Reynolds number Re=
ID * V /
ID = pipe inside diameter
Simplified Colebrook equation Ft =1 / [1.8 Log (Re/7)]

Darcy-Weisbach Equation Hf =
Losses in valves and fittings Hf=

(Ft * L * V) / (2* ID * g)
K * V / 2g

i.b) Head loss in pipe (Hazen williams)

7.32 m

Hazen williams losses=

Conclusion : after calculating losses in two methods (Darcy-weisbach and Hazen-williams)

we chose the highest value.
ii) Head loss in valves and fittings

Fitting type
32 Elbow
22.5 Elbow
11.25 Elbow
Gate Valve

Quantity
5.00
3.00
3.00
1.00

K factor
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.20
Total =

Total K factor
2.50
1.50
1.50
0.20
5.7000

0.7063 m

Head losses valves and fittings Hf =

iii) Head losses for each single pump valves and fittings

Pipe Diameter D=
Flow Q=
Water Velocity V=

Fitting type
90 Elbow
Tee
Reducer
Gate Valve
Check valve

0.35 m
102.00 l/s
1.06 m/s

Quantity
2.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

K factor
0.50
1.70
0.70
0.20
2.00

Total K factor
1.00
1.70
0.70
0.20
2.00

Total =

0.3211 m

Head losses valves and fittings Hf =

Overall pump head required =

Pump head with 20% safety factor

5.6000

21.78
26 m