DESIGN OF MULTISTAGE PUMPING MAIN
Pumping mains transport materials long distances. Pipelines transporting fluids against gravity and frictional resistance require multistage pumping. Equations for the optimal diameter and the pumping head for a single-stage pumping main are available. For multistage pumping, though, the optimal number of pumping stages are determined by an enumeration procedure. Such a process, though, does not show the functional dependence of input parameters on the design variables. This paper treats the multistage pumping main design as a geometric programming problem having a single degree of difficulty. The constant friction factor case of the problem yields a closed-form solution for a long pipeline with relatively flat topography. The variation of the friction factor with diameter is accounted for iteratively.
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Corporate Authors:
American Society of Civil Engineers
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Authors:
- Swamee, P K
- Publication Date: 1996-1
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 1-4
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Serial:
- Journal of Transportation Engineering
- Volume: 122
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
- ISSN: 0733-947X
- Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Diameter; Equations; Fluids; Geometry; Gravity; Intercity travel; Pipelines; Pumps; Skin resistance; Solutions (Chemistry)
- Uncontrolled Terms: Long distance travel
- Old TRIS Terms: Solutions
- Subject Areas: Design; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00716482
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Feb 19 1996 12:00AM