Pump Asset Operation and

Performance Monitoring
Over the Internet
Karl J Darbyshire
Geoff Waterworth
Dave Webb

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 Introduction
 Throughout the water industry many methodologies have
been adopted to enable significant energy cost reduction
incurred by Water Pumping Station (WPS)

– Refurbishing worn equipment.

– Using highly efficient motors.
– Employing the most efficient pumps.
– Ensuring water is pumped through the smallest hydraulic head.

 Using internet technologies, power, flow and pressure

produced by individual pumps can be monitored over the
Internet, allowing pump operators to remotely select
efficient pump combinations.

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 Objective

 Provide a cost effective method of pump

asset operation and performance
monitoring over the Internet

– To provide hydraulic engineers with secure

real-time pump characteristics.
– Monitor characteristics of individual pumps
every fifteen-minutes over the internet.
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 Structure
 The presentation is segregated into four key
areas:

– Water Supply System.

– Pump Modelling.
– Web Technologies.
– Results.
– Conclusion.
– Further Work.

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Water Supply System

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 Process Schematic
River

Low Lift Pumps

Chemical Treatment

Gravity Filters
Clean Water

Pumping Station

Water Supply System 6

High-Lift Pumps

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High-Lift Pumps cont.

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 Water Supply System
High Lift Water Pump
Station Consisting of 5
Clean
P1 Fixed Speed Pumps
Water
Extracts Clean Water
from Nearby Storage Tank
P5

Bypass Valve

Water Supply System 9

 Water Supply System
WPS SCADA

Data Transfer Using

P1
RTU (Out stations)
Data
P2
Analysis
Micro-Controller
P3 RTU Processors log pump
Data Data parameters flow, power
Validation
P4 and pressure on the
Data delivery side of the pump
P5
Storage

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Pump Modeling

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 Pump Modelling

 H = Delivery Head (m)

 Q = Flow (m3/s)
 P = Power (kW) QHg
P
  = Efficiency 
 g = Gravity (m/s2)
  = Density of Fluid (kg/m3)

Pump Modeling 12
 Pump Modelling. cont...

 Q - H Curves
 Q - P Curves
 Q -  Curves

Pump Modeling 13
Web Technologies

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 Java Server Pages (JSP)
JSP is a web scripting technology similar to Microsoft
Active Server Pages (ASP) and Netscape Server Side
Java Script (SSJS)
JSP is a presentation / representation layer
enabling users to mix static HTML content with
server side scripting to produce a dynamic output.
JDBC allows the user to interact with the
remote database, which is isolated on the server
side, through SQL statements.

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 ‘2-tier’ Client/Server

Client Server

Beans Database
JDBC

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 Results

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 Results
 The results illustrate that the web server can
remotely accessed pump characteristics to either
log, view or delete pump data.

 Operating pumps at their maximum efficiency,

potential energy cost reductions are achievable.

 The stored data may be used in the development of

a sophisticated scheduling scheme or to provide
historical information for water demand prediction.

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Pump Data Selection GUI

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MYSQL Server Entries

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Request Table Data

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 Pump Modelling
 Pump efficiency curves have been
derived to enable pump engineers to
identify inefficient pumps and
shortfalls.

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 Pump Modelling
Delivery Head (H m) & Pump Efficiency (n %) Pump Curve Characteristics
100

80

60

40
WPS1:
88.3 % Efficiency @325 m/hr
20 74.1 psi Head Pressure @325 m/hr
HvQ
0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Volume Flow (Q cubic m/hr)

350
Power Requirment (P kW)

300

250

200
WPS1:
267.2 kW @325 m/hr
150
PvQ
100
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Volume Flow (Q cubic m/hr)

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 Conclusion
 A cost effective method of pump asset
operation and performance monitoring over
the Internet.
 The combined web methodologies of Java,
JSP and SQL technologies provide an
efficient and accurate process of secure
remote logging of pump data.

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 Next Logical Step
 Adaptive System- Decision support system
– Pump Scheduling.
 Equal Pump Combinations to ensure even wear.
– Demand Prediction.
 Intelligent software to forecast consumer demand.

Further Work 25
Decision Support System

Pump
Characteristics
Required
Data Flow
Alarms Pump
Validation Scheduling

Pump
Pumps Trends
Available

Demand
Manual Predictor Archive
Prediction

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Questions ?

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