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Apolinario J. Katipunan
Department of Mining, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering
University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
Instructors name: Engr. Gabriel Pamintuan
I.
197 ft.
Pump
10 ft. 50 gpm 7 ft.
10 ft.
Accounting for the equivalent pipe length due to shock, the effective total length of the system is
[2]
The following is a table representing friction and static head loss of the system
Table 1.2.
Head loss due to
Change in elevation
Flow (GPM) friction of 304 ft of Total head loss
pipe length (ft.) (ft.)
40 0.73 197 197.73
80 2.67 197 199.67
120 5.88 197 202.88
160 9.81 197 206.81
200 14.62 197 211.62
240 20.77 197 217.77
280 15.35 197 212.35
320 34.91 197 231.91
360 43.56 197 240.56
400 52.80 197 249.80
Sample calculation:
At a flow rate of 40 GPM, the head loss due to friction is
[3]
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From the diagram, the static head (which is the change in elevation) from the pump to the discharge
is
[5]
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H-Q, Eff and BHP Curves
600 40
35
500
30
Head (ft) / Efficiency (%)
400
Bulk Horsepower
25
300 20
15
200
10
100
5
0 0
0 40 80 120 160 200 240 280 320 360 400
GPM
H Eff Mine system BHP
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3. Assuming that on average, the pump dewaters a sump with an effective height of 5 ft. Then the
volume of the sump is then equal to:
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.
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With a conversion factor equal to:
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The chart below shows the amount of mine water being dewatered, mine water flowing into the sump,
and amount of dead water as time goes by.
From the graph, the time it takes to dewater the sump is approximately 10. 6 minutes
8000
7000
6000
Amount of water (gallons)
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
0 5 10 15 20
Time (min.)
Pump dewatering Water inflow Dead water
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The time it takes for the sump to be filled with water again is
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1 cycle of operation (i.e. time it takes to pump out the water plus the time it takes for the sump to be
filled again) is
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In a day, the no. of cycles that the system will dewater the sump is
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II.
1. 50 gpm
197 ft.
Pump
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400
300
200
100
0
0 40 80 120 160 200 240 280 320 360 400
GPM
H Eff Maximum total head Minimum total head
The amount of dead water present in the problem is 900,000 gallons with an inflow rate of 50 gpm.
Graphing them, well have
1400000
1200000
1000000
Flow (gallons)
800000
600000
400000
200000
0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
Time (Days)
Dead water capacity Inflow rate
Max outflow, min head Min outflow, max head
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At 1.9705 days, the amount of water pumped is equivalent to 1,041,876 gallons of water.
From average days and gallons of water pumped, the calculated average pumping rate is equivalent to
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The corresponding total head of the mine then is approximately 150 ft.
The efficiency of the system is approximately about 40%.
The average operating point then is
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