Plumbing Calculetions
Peeparet by M. EME:
L41° SUMP PIT SIZING
1.4.1.1 Parameters
Submersible Pump Discharge
The minimum time between two successive starts of the
submersible pump.
3- The level of the lowest drainage pipe drained to the sump pit,
1.4.1.2 Reference
The Code of Practice
1.4.1.3_ Procedures of Calculations q
]- Multiply the submersible pump discharge by the minimum time
“> between two. successive’ starts of thé submersible pump to
determine the minimum storege volume of the' pit.
2: Determine the cross section ‘area of the pit according to the
available area between the foundation (The minim ¢ross section
area is 1.2x1.2m io achieve the maintenance requirements).
3- Divide the minimum storage volume over the cross section area of
the pit to get the storage heighit required between on and off levels.
4- . The off level should be high enough to submerge the discharge
pipe of the submersible pump (25 em is commonly enough).
5- The on level should be 30 cm below the bettom level of the lower
drainage pipe drained to the sump pit.
6- The height of the sump pit is the summation of the height between
the bottom of the sump pit cover to the bottom of the lowest
drainage pipe, plus 30 cm between the bottom level of the lowest
drainage pipe and the on level of the submersible pump, plus the
minimum height. between on and off levels, plus the height
between off level and the concrete level of the sump pit
The minimum hei;
1 benveen the lowest drainage pipe and the concrete
level of the sump . a
is 90cm.
1.4.1.4 Example
A sump pit coniains duplex submersible pump Lead - Lag, the discharge
of each pump is 150 GPM, the minimum time between two successive
starts of each pump is 10 minutes, the height berween the bonom of the
sump pit cover aid the bottom level of the lowest drainage pipe is 2m, the
discharge pipe e pump should be submerged with 25cm of water
available area jor the sump pit is 6x5m. Calculate the size
(Gninimum), th
required for this sump pit?