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Water wells & pumps
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
New York, N.Y. :
McGraw-Hill Education LLC.,
c2008.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A. Dedication
- B. Preface to the second edition
- C. Preface to the first edition
- D. Authors' profiles
- 1. Ground water resources development and utilization
- The hydrologic cycle
- Types of water-bearing formations
- Types of soil water
- Hydrologic units
- Minerals and rocks
- Influence of physiography and climate on ground water availability
- Hydro-geological formations
- Ground water investigations
- Ground water quality
- Types of water wells
- Ground water resource assessment
- Status of ground water development in india
- Artificial recharge of ground water
- Conjunctive use of ground water with canal water
- Legal aspects of ground water management
- Ground water pollution
- References
- Short questions
- 2. Hydraulics of wells
- Definitions
- Aquifer characteristics influencing yield of wells
- Steady state radial flow
- Unsteady state flow
- Pumping tests
- Well interference
- References
- Problems
- Short questions
- 3. Open wells
- Open wells in unconsolidated formations
- Open wells in hard rock formations
- Deepening of open wells
- Increasing the yield of open wells
- Failure of open wells due to excessive pumping
- Sanitary protection of wells
- References
- Problems
- Short questions
- 4. Tube wells and their design
- Types of tube wells
- Selection of the type of tube well
- Plastic pipes for tube well casings and strainers
- Design of tube wells
- Sanitary protection of tube wells
- Design of skimming wells
- References
- Short questions
- 5. Tube well construction
- Construction of bored and driven tube wells
- Tube well drilling equipment and methods
- Percussion drilling
- Hydraulic rotary drilling
- Drilling with down-the-hole hammer and air rotary drills
- Miscellaneous drilling methods
- Choice of drilling method
- Installation of well screens and checking well alignment
- Sealing of brackish and saline aquifer horizons
- References
- Short questions
- 6. Development and testing of tube wells
- Objectives of well development
- Methods of well development
- Use of dispersing agents in well development
- Development of a cavity tube well
- Choice of well development method
- Testing of tube wells
- References
- Problems
- Short questions
- 7. Rehabilitation of sick and failed tube wells
- Evaluation of well performance for diagnosing cause of failure
- Influence of faulty design, construction and operation on well failures
- Photographic evaluation of well failures
- Mechanical failures and use of fishing tools
- Corrosion and incrustation of well screens
- References
- Short questions
- 8. Man and animal powered water lifts and positive displacement pumps
- Manually operated water lifts
- Animal powered water lifts
- Positive displacement pumps
- References
- Problems
- Short questions
- 9. Variable displacement pumps and accessories
- Classification of variable displacement pumps
- Centrifugal pumps
- Friction head in pipe system
- Total pumping head
- Cavitation
- Power requirements in pumping
- Pump characteristic curves
- System head curve
- Selection of centrifugal pumps
- Accessories for horizontal volute centrifugal pumps
- Economical pipe size selection
- Selection of pump drive
- References
- Problems
- Short questions
- 10. Centrifugal pumps: design, installation, operation, maintenance and troubleshooting
- Design of centrifugal pumps
- Centrifugal pump installation
- Centrifugal pump operation
- Maintenance and trouble-shooting
- References
- Problems
- Short questions
- 11. Deep well turbine and submersible pumps
- Vertical turbine pumps
- Submersible pumps
- References
- Short questions
- 12. Propeller, mixed flow and jet pumps
- Propeller pumps
- Mixed flow pumps
- Jet pumps
- References
- Short questions
- 13. Application of non-conventional energy sources in pumping
- Windmills
- Hydro-power
- Hydraulic ram
- Solar pumps
- Biogas
- Unique requirements in adopting non-conventional energy sources in water pumping
- Benefit-cost ratio of pumping plants operated by alternate energy sources
- References
- Problems
- Short questions
- 14. Techno-economic evaluation of projects on wells and pumps
- Technical evaluation
- Availability of ground water resources
- Design of wells and selection of equipment for pumping
- Economic evaluation
- References
- Problems
- Short questions
- A. Appendix a
- B. Appendix b
- C. Appendix c
- D. Appendix d
- Conversion factors.