Application of the hydrodynamic predictive modeling on the example of the pumping station 'Bezdan 1'

Abstract

In the area of Bezdan, the construction of a new pumping station, p.s. 'Bezdan 1', on the location of the existing and nonfunctional pumping station 'Bezdan I', is envisaged. Given the position of the future pump station, a problem of digging the foundation pits in terms of protection from high groundwater levels, was noticed. This paper aims to analyze the possibilities for lowering the groundwater levels below the projected elevation, which will enable unobstructed work on the pumping station. By using the hydrodynamic analysis and its most complex and most applicable methods of three-dimensional hydrodynamic modeling of aquifer regime, based on the numerical method of finite differences, the system of protection and variations of the protection solutions from groundwater at the research location of the future p.s. 'Bezdan 1' was defined. Three variants of solution were given, and characteristics of the system of protection from groundwater were defined for each, the optimal number of drainage wells in the system and their spatial distribution and the time required for maximal effects of the lowering of the groundwater levels below the elevation of the excavation facilities of CS 'Bezdan 1'. Presented paper provides the basis for some of the methods of multicriteria optimization and the selection of the optimal variant of the system of protection from groundwater's, considering, in this way, the weight of various factors that influence the choice of the variant, such as technical, economic, environmental and safety factors.

Keywords

• hydrodynamic analysis
• system of protection from groundwater's
• groundwater management
• pumping station
• predictive modeling