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Separate sewer, 0.70 full, 100000 persons

Short answer

Peak flow = 0.4167 m³/s. Using Q/Q_f=0.8372 at 0.7 depth, Q_f=0.4977 m³/s; from Manning's, D=0.776 m (adopt 825 mm). At design flow, the sewer runs about 0.62 full with v ≈ 1.19 m/s.

Design a circular sewer running 0.70 full at maximum discharge for a town provided with the separate system serving a population of 100000 persons. Water is supplied from the water works at a rate of 200 liters per capita per day. Take a constant value of n = 0.013 at all depths of flow. The permissible slope is 1 in 600. Take a peak factor of 2.25.

Design flow

Assume 80% of the water supplied reaches the sewer. Peak factor = 2.25.

Qmax=100000×200×0.8×2.2586400×1000=0.4167 m3/sQ_{max}=\frac{100000\times200\times0.8\times2.25}{86400\times1000}=0.4167\ \text{m}^3/\text{s}

Data: S=1/600S=1/600, n=0.013n=0.013 (constant at all depths), depth ratio d/D=0.70d/D=0.70.

For d/D=0.7d/D=0.7: θ=2cos⁡−1(1−2d/D)=227.16∘\theta = 2\cos^{-1}(1-2d/D)=227.16^\circ, A/Af=θ−sin⁡θ2π=0.7477A/A_f=\dfrac{\theta-\sin\theta}{2\pi}=0.7477, R/Rf=1−sin⁡θθ=1.1849R/R_f=1-\dfrac{\sin\theta}{\theta}=1.1849, so v/vf=(R/Rf)2/3=1.1198v/v_f=(R/R_f)^{2/3}=1.1198 and Q/Qf=(A/Af)(v/vf)=0.8372Q/Q_f=(A/A_f)(v/v_f)=0.8372 (n taken constant).

Size of the sewer

Discharge when running full:

Qf=QQ/Qf=0.41670.8372=0.4977 m3/sQ_f=\frac{Q}{Q/Q_f}=\frac{0.4167}{0.8372}=0.4977\ \text{m}^3/\text{s}

Manning's formula for a full circular pipe, Qf=0.3117nD8/3S1/2Q_f=\dfrac{0.3117}{n}D^{8/3}S^{1/2}, with S=0.00167S=0.00167 and n=0.013n=0.013:

D=(Qf n0.3117 S1/2)3/8=(0.4977×0.0130.3117×0.04082)3/8=0.776 mD=\left(\frac{Q_f\,n}{0.3117\,S^{1/2}}\right)^{3/8}=\left(\frac{0.4977\times0.013}{0.3117\times0.04082}\right)^{3/8}=0.776\ \text{m}

Adopt the next standard size, D = 825 mm.

Check of velocity and capacity

For the adopted pipe: vf=0.3969nD2/3S1/2=1.096v_f=\dfrac{0.3969}{n}D^{2/3}S^{1/2}=1.096 m/s and Qf=0.5861Q_f=0.5861 m³/s.

v0.7=vf×(v/vf)=1.096×1.1198=1.23 m/sQcapacity=Qf×(Q/Qf)=0.5861×0.8372=0.4907 m3/s (≥0.4167)\begin{aligned} v_{0.7}&=v_f\times(v/v_f)=1.096\times1.1198=1.23\ \text{m/s}\\ Q_{capacity}&=Q_f\times(Q/Q_f)=0.5861\times0.8372=0.4907\ \text{m}^3/\text{s}\ (\ge 0.4167) \end{aligned}

At the design flow, Q/Qf=0.4167/0.5861=0.711Q/Q_f=0.4167/0.5861=0.711, which gives d/D≈0.62d/D\approx0.62 and v/vf≈1.086v/v_f\approx1.086, so v≈1.19v\approx1.19 m/s.

The velocity at maximum flow, about 1.2 m/s, lies between the minimum (0.6 m/s) and the maximum non-scouring limit (3.0 m/s), so it is satisfactory.

Answer: Provide a circular sewer of D = 825 mm at slope 1 in 600 (computed diameter 0.776 m runs exactly 0.7 full). The adopted pipe can carry 0.4907 m³/s at 0.7 depth; at Q = 0.4167 m³/s it runs about 0.62 full with v ≈ 1.19 m/s.

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