Some Aspects of the Operation Work of Pump Station and Water Reservoir

This paper analyzes the impact of durations and starts of water pumping into the water reservoir on the capacity of the pumping station and water reservoir volume. Two different regimes of water consumption by the population are considered in combination with three different regimes of pumping station operation. The pumping station works in accordance with the usual regimes of the water pumping into the reservoir. The pumping is continuous, from 0 to 24 h, 22 to 6 h ("off-peak" period), and during the usual duration of solar radiation (from 6 to 18 h). A sensitivity analysis has been conducted, in the form of observing the effect of changes in duration and start of water pumping on the pumping station capacity and reservoir volume. The purpose of this research is to determine how the resulting functional dependencies can contribute to improving the operational characteristics of the pumping station and water reservoir. Also, this research provides new insights for the scientists and practical guidelines for the water supply system managers and engineers, allowing adjustment to the changes caused by the change of pumping station and water reservoir work regimes

Modelling and simulation of water tank

The modelling and simulation play a very important role in the industry where it can help with the description of the system and the choice of the optimal control strategy. This contribution is focused on the modelling and simulation procedure which usually precedes the design of the controller. The mathematical model is derived with the use of material balance and produces nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE). The static analysis provides optimal working point and the dynamic analysis gives an overview about the behavior of the system. Mentioned procedure is tested on the real model of the water tank as a part of the process control teaching system PCT40 from Armfield. Results have shown that proposed mathematical model is accurate and can be used for the design of the appropriate controller. Proceedings 28th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation © ECMS Flaminio Squazzoni, Fabio Baronio, Claudia Archetti, Marco Castellani (Editors)