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Authors
Affiliations
1 Doctoral Research Fellow, School of Water Resources Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, IN
2 Associate Professor, School of Water Resources Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, IN
Source
Journal of the Association of Engineers, India, Vol 92, No 1-4 (2022), Pagination: 11-30
Abstract
Water, the most precious natural resource on earth, has become a valuable commodity compared to other consumer goods.lt acts as a universal solvent containing essential minerals.Over time, there has been a change from using water from natural sources such as springs and rivers to groundwater for daily needs. Pipelines networks are laid to lift treated water to overhead reservoirs and boosting stations. This study is about three combined pipeline networks including two boosting lines of the Ranibandh and Khatra blocks of Bankura District in West Bengal. Three water distribution networks operate 16 hours a day. To check the water distribution networks and whether they are optimized, we have drawn the network and determined the head, pressure, head gradient and velocity to avoid problems in these distribution networks.EPANET software is used to analyze such pressure, headloss, base demand and height at various intersections of the provided models.The goal is to keep these parameters within the desired range by optimizing pipe diameters.From there, the goal is to determine head loss, flow, velocity, etc. in various parts of such pipelines. Point of view is to observe what is happening and report the results using the EPANET software. Inputs are given based on the data obtained and the results are graphically interpreted accordingly.Results through simulations confirm that the network systems are nearly optimized by keeping these parameters within the desired ranges, if cost analysis is included and simulation results are compared with practical observations, this system can be optimized in a better way.
Keywords
Pipe flow, EPANET, Distribution network, pressure, unit headloss gradient, boosting station
