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In AFT Impulse you can directly model a submerged pump. First, you will define your pump data exactly as you would normally, however you will only draw the discharge piping and not a suction piping. After doing this, you will check the box “Submerged Pump” at the bottom of the Pump Specifications Window. You now have an additional required input field. The “Suction Pressure” can be entered as a Head (HGL) or a Pressure. When entered as a Head (HGL) value, this value is the actual liquid elevation in the supply reservoir. When entered as a pressure, this is the actual...
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The ability to specify default input parameters is a feature that is common to all AFT software products. Diameter, Friction Model, and Design Factors can be specified by default for pipes. Input properties for Junctions are specific to each junction type, so the only common default property is elevation. The default input options are found in “Parameter and Unit Preferences”. In general, this feature makes model building faster and more efficient. The user should, however, be aware of how this affects the “Status” of pipes and junctions. The “Status”, to which I am referring, is the green light to run the...
The question of whether waterhammer analysis on new pipe systems is optional or required does not have a definite answer. In some cases it is clear - such as when the pipe system is being designed in compliance with ASME code (see How AFT Impulse Can Help Engineers Comply With ASME Codes). But in many cases it is up to experience and judgment whether or not to perform waterhammer analysis.
AFT Fathom 8 can be used to quickly and easily model multiple pump configurations with different pump speeds and impeller sizes. First, determine a particular pump curve to use from either a manufacturer’s pump curve or pump curve verification test data. Next, determine new pump curves for head and flow using the affinity laws considering either a change in pump speed or impeller size. The multiple pump curve data sets will then be entered for each particular pump configuration. In Figure 1 (click on the image to see it larger), there are a few pump configurations that have already been defined. ...
I remember as a child watching an episode of the Twilight Zone where a man replaces all of the workers in a factory with machines. The episode treated this topic as morally corrupt. And my childlike mind agreed. I remember feeling badly for all the people who lost their jobs and thinking, philosophically, how one day machines and computers could replace all jobs and no one would have any work to do.
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