Solids Builder - EPANET Links - Pump

Pumps are devices that transmit energy to a fluid, thus increasing its hydraulic head.

When you want to define a device as a pump, you must add the tool pump to the Constructor:

When adding the tool Pump, fill in your properties, in the tool's properties frame:

In the Constructor, the following properties must be filled in:

• Identification
  • Name - name of the activity
    The point name must follow the naming rules
  • Description - when the name of the activity is not enough to give context to the activity, use the description field
• pump
  • Initial Status - State of the pump (open or closed) at the beginning of the simulation period
• Energy
  • Efficiency Curve - Efficiency curve representing the efficiency of the pump run-of-water as a function of the flow rate
  • Price Pattern - Time pattern used to describe the change in energy price throughout the day
  • Energy Price - The average or nominal price of energy in currency units per kw-hour. Only used to calculate cost of energy usage
• Power
  • Pump Curve - Pump curve which contains the operating data of the pump
  • Pump Power - Power supplied by the pump (kw). Assumes the pump delivers the same amount of power no matter what the flow is
• Speed
  • Pump Pattern - Pump pattern used to control pump operation
  • Pump Speed - The relative pump speed setting
    A speed setting of 1.2 implies that the pump rotation speed is 20% higher than the normal setting