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Enhancements and Modifications to the Full Equations Utilities (FEQUTL)
Model, March 1995 to August 1999.
Note: This document is separate from the U.S. Geological Survey report by Franz and Melching (1997). This description of enhancements and modifications to the Full Equations Utilities Model has not been approved by the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey.
New subsection for section
5. Input description for the full equations utilities model: Version 4.0,
Franz and Melching (1997b), p. 136
Section 5.17b PUMPLOSS Command
To
RELEASE.TXT
COMMAND NAME: PUMPLOSS
PUMPLOSS computes
a 1-D table of Type 4 defining losses for the inlet, inlet conduit, and
outlet conduit for one or more identical pumps. The conduits are assumed
to always flow full in the computation of the losses. It is further assumed
that the losses in the inlet and outlet conduits are given by the losses
in fully developed flow. This is only an approximation because the inlet
and outlet conduits are often short relative to their opening size. Thus
the flow may not have the distance required to become fully developed.
Multiple pumps have identical inlet
and outlet conduits. If multiple pumps share a common conduit, then the
number of pumps in the PUMPLOSS
command
must be given as one and Q_MAX
becomes
the sum of the maximum flows for the pumps.
LINE 1
Variable: |
QUNIT |
Format: |
6X, F10.0 |
Example: |
QUNIT= 0.002228 |
Explanation: |
Gives the conversion factor to convert
the maximum flows given below to the flow required for the FEQ simulation.
For example, pump capacities are often given in gallons per minute. However,
FEQ requires flows to be in cubic feet per second when the United States
customary units are used. The example value of QUNIT
then
converts from gallons per minute to cubic feet per second. |
LINE 2-5
Variable: |
HEADING |
Format: |
A112 |
Example: |
|
Pump |
Number |
Inlet |
Inlet |
Outlet |
Outlet |
Inlet |
Max |
|
Loss |
of = |
Conduit |
Conduit |
Conduit |
Conduit |
Loss |
Pump |
|
Table |
Pumps |
Length |
Table |
Length |
Table |
Factor |
Flow |
Label |
------- |
------- |
------- |
------- |
------- |
------- |
------- |
------- |
------- |
Explanation: |
Gives the descriptive headings for
the lines of input to follow. There must be four lines in the descriptive
heading. It is best to cut and paste the headings from an example input
for FEQUTL. |
LINE 6
Variable: |
LOSS_TAB, NUMBER_OF_PUMPS,
INLET_LENGTH, INLET_TAB,
OUTLET_LENGTH, OUTLET_TAB,
INLET_LOSS_FACTOR, Q_MAX, LABEL |
Format: |
2I8,F8.0,I8,F8.0,I8,2F8.0,1X,A50 |
Example: |
1204 1 30.0 36 60.0
36 0.40 25000. loss for pump for C29 |
Explanation: |
All input fields but the last are
8 columns wide and COLUMNS ARE IMPORTANT. No part of any input item should
fall outside of its field. Note that the headings define the field width. |
|
LOSS_TAB is
the table number to use for the loss table to
be computed. |
|
NUMBER_OF_PUMPS is
the
number of identical pumps working in parallel. All pumps are assumed to
be operating simultaneously. |
|
INLET_LENGTH is
the length of the inlet conduit. |
|
INLET_TAB is
the table number of the cross-section function
table computed for the inlet conduit using one of the commands (SEWER,
MULPIPES, MULCON, FEQX, FEQXLST, FEQXEXT) provided by FEQUTL. This table
describes the conduit for a single pump. If given as zero, inlet conduit
and inlet losses are taken to be zero. |
|
OUT_LENGTH is
the length of the outlet conduit. |
|
OUTLET_TAB is
the table number of the cross-section function
table computed for the outlet conduit using one of the commands (SEWER,
MULPIPES, MULCON, FEQX, FEQXLST, FEQXEXT) provided by FEQUTL. This table
describes the conduit for a single pump. If given as zero, outlet conduit
losses are taken to be zero. |
|
INLET_LOSS_FACTOR gives
the decimal fraction of the velocity head in the inlet conduit to apply
to represent the loss of mechanical energy in the inlet to the inlet conduit. |
|
Q_MAX is
the
maximum flow expected through one pump. This will be larger then the design
flow for the pump. How much larger depends on the characteristics of the
pump. The dimensionless axial-flow pump capacity relationship used in the
command AXIALPMP
has
a maximum flow of times the design
capacity. This flow is in units implied by QUNIT. |
|
LABEL is
up
to 50 characters of descriptive information for the pump that will be placed
after the heading line in the net capacity table for the pump. |
Notes: Line 6 is repeated for each loss table required. A negative
value for the LOSS_TAB terminates
the command.
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