EFFECT OF BOOSTER PUMP SIZE AND LOCATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF FLUID PIPE NETWORKS

Abstract

Analysis of fluid pipe line networks has become of great importance to a wide range of technological applications in modern transmission and distribution systems Booster pump size and location are some of the factors affecting the performance of fluid pipe line networks. In this thesis, the effect of various booster pump sizes and location (three different sizes) on the performance of incompressible fluid flow pipe network has been studied and a theoretical model has been developed The network under investigation consists of two fixed grade nodes, fourteen pipes with different lengths and diameters, nine nodes and four loops. The solution can be obtained for each individual pump size when it is installed at any branch in the theoretical model pipe line network . Also in this thesis, the effect of head drop at break point on the performance of fluid pipe line network has been investigated for the same different size pumps. Numerical solutions based on a developed general program were adopted. The general computer program was designed based on the Hardy-Cross method. The computer program proved to be efficient in predicting the performance characteristics of a steady-state flow network, in a very short time.