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Jul 30, 2014
Chapter 2
Head Losses, Total Drawdown, Total Dynamic Head, and Efficiency of Water-Well Systems
Publication: Hydraulics of Wells: Design, Construction, Testing, and Maintenance of Water Well Systems
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This chapter discusses various head loss components in suction and delivery pipe and elaborates their effect on the efficient performance of a water-well system as a whole. A good water-well design minimizes the total dynamic head and power consumption as much as possible. The chapter provides a basic understanding of total dynamic head, including the ability to calculate different head loss components, such as total drawdown and gravitational lift. The chapter also provides detailed information about component head losses, total drawdown, gravitational lift, total dynamic head, and several efficiency terms related to the optimum performance of water-well systems.
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Professor, Lenox Institute of Water, 6563 Cartgate Court, Las Vegas, NV 89110. Email: [email protected]
James A. Cardle, Ph.D., P.E.
University of Nevada at Las Vegas, 4505 South Maryland Pkwy, Box 454015, Las Vegas, NV 89154
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