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Sample Problem - Pipe Flow

This document provides information about calculating the efficiency of a centrifugal pump. It states that the pump has a 100 mm diameter suction pipe and 75 mm delivery pipe. When pumping 15 l/s of water, the suction side manometer read a vacuum of 198 mm and the delivery pressure gauge read 0.95 bar. The input power was measured at 3.2 kW. The solution shows calculations for determining the manometric head from the given measurements, calculating the output power, and dividing it by the input power to find the pump efficiency of 60.2%.

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Sample Problem - Pipe Flow

This document provides information about calculating the efficiency of a centrifugal pump. It states that the pump has a 100 mm diameter suction pipe and 75 mm delivery pipe. When pumping 15 l/s of water, the suction side manometer read a vacuum of 198 mm and the delivery pressure gauge read 0.95 bar. The input power was measured at 3.2 kW. The solution shows calculations for determining the manometric head from the given measurements, calculating the output power, and dividing it by the input power to find the pump efficiency of 60.2%.

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Pipe Flow Problems-III

Example 1
A centrifugal pump has a 100 mm diameter suction pipe and a 75 mm diameter delivery
pipe. When discharging 15 l/s of water, the inlet water mercury manometer with one
limb exposed to the atmosphere recorded a vacuum deflection of 198 mm; the mercury
level on the suction side was 100 mm below the pipe centerline. The delivery pressure
gauge, 200 mm above the pump inlet, recorded a pressure of 0.95 bar. The measured in
put power was 3.2 kW. Calculate the pump efficiency. (See fig.1)

Solution;
Manometric head = rise in total head

Hm
p2
g
V2

p2
g

V22
2g

V12
2g

p1
g

1bar 10.198m of water

0.95 *10.198 9.65m of water


3.39m / s;

V22
2g

0.588m

V12
0.186m
2g
Then Hm 9.69 0.588 0.2 - (-2.793 0.186) 13.09m
output power
gQHm( watts )
Efficiency ( )
input power
3200( watts )
3.2 0.015 13.09
0.602 (60.2 percent )
3.2

V1 1.91m / s;

Fig 1.

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