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Friday, June 19, 2009

Design of Backwash Water Pipes

Backwash water pipe shall carry the wash water from back wash pumps to the filter beds. Only one filter bed shall be backwashed at a time:

Proposed Diameter of pipe = 18 “ i/d
X - sectional area of pipe = 1.77 Sft
Velocity = 14/2
= 7 Ft /s
It is proposed to install 18 “ dia MS pipe along the filter beds in the Pipe Gallery to carry wash water from backwash pumps to each filter bed.

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