Time required to empty tank J. Chaurette Dec.

3, 08

Kexit 1.00 Outlet Area (ft2)

Kvalve 0.00 Dia1 (in) 6 0.19635 vmax (ft/s) 0.009393 K1 7.476459E-06
pump box area (ft2) 288.00 Dia2 (in) 8 0.349066 vmax1 (ft/s) 0.016698 K2 2.362932E-05
Dia3 (in) 10 0.545415 vmax2 (ft/s) 0.026091 K3 5.768882E-05
PB drainage vol.
height (ft) 5.90 dia4 (in) 12 0.785398 vmax3 (ft/s) 0.037571 K4 0.0001196238

see notes below 8" outlet will provide 11.5 min drainage time
6" 8" 10" 12" 6" outlet will provide 20 min drainage time
t z1 z2 z3 z4
(min) (ft) (ft) (ft) (ft)
0.00 5.90 5.90 5.90 5.90
0.50 5.62 5.41 5.14 4.83 TIME TO EMPTY TANK FOR DIFFERENT OUTLET SIZES
1.00 5.35 4.94 4.44 3.86
1.50 5.08 4.49 3.79 3.00
7.00
2.00 4.83 4.07 3.18 2.25
2.50 4.58 3.66 2.64 1.61 Column C
3.00 4.33 3.28 2.14 1.08 6.00
Column D
3.50 4.09 2.91 1.69 0.65 Column E
4.00 3.86 2.57 1.30 0.33 5.00 Column B
4.50 3.64 2.25 0.96 0.12
5.00 3.42 1.95 0.67 0.01
4.00

Water level (ft)

5.50 3.21 1.68 0.43
6.00 3.00 1.42 0.25
6.50 2.81 1.18 0.11 3.00
7.00 2.61 0.97 0.03
7.50 2.43 0.78 0.00 2.00
8.00 2.25 0.61
8.50 2.08 0.46 1.00
9.00 1.92 0.33
9.50 1.76 0.22
10.00 1.61 0.13 0.00
10.50 1.47 0.07 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00
0. 0. 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5. 6. 6. 7. 7. 8. 8. 9. 9.10.10. 11. 11.12.12.13.13.14.14.15.15.16.16.17.17.18.18.19.19.20.
11.00 1.33 0.03
11.50 1.20 0.00 time (min.)
12.00 1.08 0.00
 12.50 0.96
13.00 0.85
13.50 0.74
14.00 0.65
14.50 0.56
15.00 0.47
15.50 0.40
16.00 0.33
16.50 0.27
17.00 0.21
17.50 0.16
18.00 0.12
18.50 0.08
19.00 0.05
19.50 0.03
20.00 0.01

Notes: calculation assumes water as the fluid. There is only an outlet with a valve no pipe length. The valve is a knife gate which has no pressure loss.
the K value is 1 for a simple exit.

Cyclone pump box volume is approximately 24L x 12W x 10H = 2880 ft3, the box is assumed to be half full when a power outage occurs or same area x 5'H
However there is 529 ft3 of slurry dumping into it from other sources, this represents 1.8 ft, I assume that half this volume will drain which makes the pump box height
5 + 1.8/2 = 5.9