Unit1
Unit 1
Occurrence and movement of ground water; aquifer and its types; classification of wells, fully penetrating tube wells and open wells, familiarization of various types of bore wells; groundwater exploration techniques.
Pre-requisites: Basic knowledge of fluid mechanics concepts.
Syllabus
5 unitsUnit2
Unit 2
Methods of drilling of wells: percussion, rotary, reverse rotary; design of tube well and gravel pack, installation of well screen, completion and development of well;
Unit3
Unit 3
groundwater hydraulics-determination of aquifer parameters by different method such as Theis, Jacob and Chow’s, Theis recovery method; well interference, multiple well systems, Estimation of ground water potential, quality of ground water; artificial groundwater recharge techniques.
Unit4
Unit 4
Pumping systems: water lifting devices; different types of pumps, classification of pumps, component parts of centrifugal pumps, priming, pump selection, installation and trouble shooting, performance curves, effect of speed on capacity. Performance characteristics curves.
Unit5
Unit 5
Hydraulic ram, propeller pumps, mixed flow pumps and their performance characteristics; deep well turbine pump and submersible pump.
Course Outcomes (COs)
After completion of the course student will be able to:
- CO1Understand ground water occurrence and movement, well classification, groundwater exploration techniques.K2&K1
- CO2Understand the drilling methods of a well, development of well and analyze the design criteria of tube well, gravel pack.K2&K4
- CO3Analyze the aquifer parameters by Theis, Jacob and Chow’s, Theis recovery method. And also understand the well interference, multiple well systems, Estimation of ground water potential, quality of ground water; artificial groundwater recharge techniques.K4
- CO4Familiar with the pumps, its classification, components and their performance characteristics curves.K2
- CO5Understand about hydraulic ram, propeller pumps, mixed flow pumps and their performance characteristics; deep well turbine pump and submersible pump.K2
Suggested Reading
- Michael AM, Khepar SD. and SK Sondhi. 2008. Water Well and Pumps, 2nd Edition, Tata Mc- Graw Hill.
- Todd David Keith and Larry W. Mays. 2004. Groundwater Hydrology, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York (International Book Distributing Company Lucknow).
- Michael A.M. and Ojha TP. 2014. Principles of Agricultural Engineering Vol-II, 5th Edition. Jain
- Brothers Publication, New Delhi. Subject Code
Official AKTU syllabus
This subject is on page 4, 5 of the original AKTU PDF.