TheWaterboy
Lifetime Supporting Member + Moderator
This is not PLC related at all but I recall there were a few folks well versed in pumping water so I'm hoping I can tap their brains.
I am trying to push a sample from a point some 800 feet upstream from an intake, and I need to get it to ravel that 800 feet as fast as possible.
This is where the hydraulics is fighting back. Without going to huge 50+ HP pump all I can get is about 2 1/2 minutes. If its the best I can do then its acceptable as the intake canal takes about 15 minutes to traverse the same distance. What seems odd to me that all I will get from this is less than walking speed...
15 foot vertical head, 750 foot 2 inch PCV pipe with 4 long sweep 90's.
If I did this right...
I figure this run as 22' friction and 15' static giving 37' of head.
A xylem KS2610 (for example) can pump that at 44 GPM giving me about 3 minutes of travel time.
I should add I will need to pre strain this pump as its raw water will contain a lot of algae. A chopper pump is not an option as I need the turbidity sample to be representative.
I'm not sure what else I need to know to optimize or improve this and I would appreciate any guidance you can offer.
I am trying to push a sample from a point some 800 feet upstream from an intake, and I need to get it to ravel that 800 feet as fast as possible.
This is where the hydraulics is fighting back. Without going to huge 50+ HP pump all I can get is about 2 1/2 minutes. If its the best I can do then its acceptable as the intake canal takes about 15 minutes to traverse the same distance. What seems odd to me that all I will get from this is less than walking speed...
15 foot vertical head, 750 foot 2 inch PCV pipe with 4 long sweep 90's.
If I did this right...
I figure this run as 22' friction and 15' static giving 37' of head.
A xylem KS2610 (for example) can pump that at 44 GPM giving me about 3 minutes of travel time.
I should add I will need to pre strain this pump as its raw water will contain a lot of algae. A chopper pump is not an option as I need the turbidity sample to be representative.
I'm not sure what else I need to know to optimize or improve this and I would appreciate any guidance you can offer.