Abstract: The total cost of a pumped water supply system includes the capital costs of the pipeline and pumping units, the replacement costs of various components included, and the energy costs related to the system’s operation. The ...

Abstract: The operation of multistage pumps transporting water from the source to the delivery point requires balancing of the pressure at the junction of the pump and pipeline according to their characteristics. In this paper, ...

Abstract: An optimal design method for a drip submain manifold is presented. The optimal design is based on the shortest route algorithm for acyclic networks. Different route lengths are represented by total annual costs of different ...