Course detail

Plumbing Systems II

FAST-5T4Acad. year: 2019/2020

Introduction to subject. Potable water demand and quantity of wastewater.
Hydraulic parameters of pumps. Suction head for pumps. Pump head-capacity curves. System head curves. Point of pumps operation. Change of point of pump operation. Water hammer control.
Pumps and pumps stations for plumbing engineering – basic division. Booster pump systems and hydropneumatic tank systems for water supply. Procedure for pump system design. Determination of capacity of gravity tanks (suction, storage) and pressure tanks. Automatic wastewater lifting plants and their design.
Central water heating – storage and instantaneous systems. Design of systems components Potable water conditioning before heating. Control of domestic hot water temperature.
Fundamental requirements of laws for surface and underground water conservation – water resources, wastewater discharging.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Guarantor

Ing. Ladislav Bárta, CSc.

Department

Institute of Building Services (TZB)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Fundamentals of hydraulics - water flow in a closed pressurized systems and gravity flow systems, basic principles of plumbing, basic knowledge of hot water supply systems.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Potable water demand and quantity of wastewater, introduction to pumps systems
2. Suction head for pumps, pump head-capacity curves
3. System head curves, point of pumps operation
4. Change of point of pump operation, water hammer control
5. Pumps and pumps stations for plumbing engineering
6. – 7. Booster pump systems and hydropneumatic tank systems for water supply
8. Determination of capacity of gravity tanks (suction, storage) and pressure tanks (diaphragm tanks)
9. Automatic wastewater lifting plants
10. – 11. Central water heating – storage and instantaneous systems, design of systems components
12. Potable water conditioning before heating, control of domestic hot water temperature
13. Fundamental requirements of laws for surface and underground water conservation

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To extend basic information of the course Plumbing systems especially in the area of water pumping, water heating, exploitation of water resources and wastewater discharging. Students will be able to design pumping stations within plumbing engineering specialization, to do conjoint hydraulic calculations and to process necessary drawings, further the students will be able to design domestic hot water systems efficiently including thermal calculations.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Paciga A.: Projektovanie a provoz čerpacej techniky. ALFA, Bratislava 1990
Valášek, J. a kol.: Zdravotně technická zařízení a instalace. Jaga, Bratislava 2001

Recommended reading

Harris, C., M.: Handbook of Utilities and Services for Buildings. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, NY, USA 1990
Stein, B.: Building Technology. John Wiley & Sons Inc., NY, USA 1997
W. Chan., W.-Y.: Pumps & Systems. ASPE, USA 1983

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Ladislav Bárta, CSc.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Ladislav Bárta, CSc.