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Modeling Booster Pump

Hi, 

I'm modeling a pipeline that has a booster pump in the middle (something like the scheme below) and I would like to know if there is any inconvenience in separating the pipeline and creating two models to analyze the behavior when the pumps stops. I know I will have to apply the boundary conditions as if it were a single pipeline)

I ask this question because we do not normally model booster pumps / stations.

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  • Hello, 

    It s a good exercice to improve our skills in transient solutions. I designed a similar project in Senegal. So it s better to add a bypass with check valve for the second booster station. It protects from the up surge in the upstream pipe and from the low pressure in the downstream pipe.

    Also, you could add a third hydropneumatic tank at the upstream pipe. This case is efficient if the hydropneumatic tank of the first station has not an effect in the succion of the second booster pump. 

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  • Hello, 

    It s a good exercice to improve our skills in transient solutions. I designed a similar project in Senegal. So it s better to add a bypass with check valve for the second booster station. It protects from the up surge in the upstream pipe and from the low pressure in the downstream pipe.

    Also, you could add a third hydropneumatic tank at the upstream pipe. This case is efficient if the hydropneumatic tank of the first station has not an effect in the succion of the second booster pump. 

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