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Sump Pump Calculation

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Parking

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Determining Sump Pump Flow Rate

Assumptions:
1- Rainwater coming from ramps is totally removed by trenches
2- Sprinkler discharge is the only source of water
Fire Data:
Parking Type of Hazard

Ordinary group I

Sprinkler protection Area (ft2)

130

Area of sprinkler Operation (ft2)

1500

Density (gpm/ft )

0.15

Flow from Sprinklers (gpm)

225

Flow rate Analysis

20250

* For a 90 min operation of the fire pump the total flow from sprinklers is

Gal

76545 liters

*Adopting a flow of 225 gpm or 14.19 l/s for a sump pump means that:
1. All sprinklers are activated within 1500 ft2
2. The sump pump will remove all the water dishcarged instantaneously in 90 min
* If the total amount of 20250 gal are to be removed in 3 hours the pump flow rate would be

7.1

* If the total amount of 20250 gal are to be removed in 4 hours the pump flow rate would be

5.3

* The number of sprinkler in the operating area will be

11.54

say

l/s
l/s
12

Depending on the layout this number could be up to 14

* For a total flow rate of 225 gpm, the individual sprinkler flow rate is 18.75 gpm
* Assuming 3 sprinklers are first activated the total discharge flow is 56.25 gpm or 3.55 l/s
* Trench Data :

Trench Average Height (m)

0.15

Length of trench serving one pit (m)

Volume of water in trenches (m )

45
6.75

Pump flow rate to remove water in trenches in 15 min

7.5 l/s

Pump flow rate to remove water in trenches in 30 min

3.75 l/s

* Based on the above, three significant flow rate figures are simulated in the Table below

Pump flow rate (l/s)

Total water removal
duration (min)
* Parking area served
by one pit (m2)
Max volume of water in
parking (liters)
Volume removed by
sump pump (liters)
Volume of wter in
trenches (liters)
Remainig Volume of
water on floor (Liters)
Height of water on
floor of parking (cm)

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14

14

14

30

60

90

30

60

90

30

60

90

2300

2300

2300

2300

2300

2300

2300

2300

2300

76545

76545

76545

76545

76545

76545

76545

76545

76545

25200

50400

75600

12600

25200

37800

7200

14400

21600

6750

6750

6750

6750

6750

6750

6750

6750

6750

44595

19395

-5805

57195

44595

31995

62595

55395

48195

1.94

0.84

-0.25

2.49

1.94

1.39

2.72

2.41

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Pump Flow Rate

Design flow rate of the sump pump

4 l/s

Selecting Duplex operation of the the sump pumps, the flow rate of each one to be selected is 2l/s
Thus when water reach a high level in the pit, the second pump operate and the total flow rate would be 4 l/s

Minimum Required Sump Volume:

V req=
Where:

T min Q
4
Vreq

is the required sump volume between the start level and stop level of the pump

Tmin

is the minimum pump cycle time

is the pump flow rate

Tmin

600 seconds

Tmin

10 min

The total # of starts & stops / hour is 6

2 l/sec

Vreq

300 Liters

OR

0.3 m3

The Total Volume for the sump with 2 pumps

Vtot = Vreq + (n-1) H S

Vtot

Total sump volume between the start level and stop level of the pump

total number of pumps

The constatnt height between the start up of two pumps (in meters)

Surface area of the sump (in sq meters)

n
H
S

Vtot

2
0.2 m
1 m2
0.5 m3

The Total Volume for the sump with 2 pumps with cyclic alternation

Vtot = Vreq/n + (n-1) H S

n
H
S

Vtot

2
0.2 m
1 m2
0.35 m3

The pit is designed to have a sump volume of 0.5 m3

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Pump Head Calculation

Static

5.0

5.0

Force Main Pipe Run

130

3.0

(7 ft/1000 ft friction loss for a 4 '' pipe)

Force Main Pipe Run

50

2.3

(14 ft/1000 ft friction loss for a 3 '' pipe)

Residual

1.0

Total Head

9.0

Safety

9.9

Pump head

10 m

Pump Flow

2 l/s

Notes:
1- In pumping stations do not use 2 1/2" on the discharge of waste, use 3" pipe

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