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CE 356 Elements of Hydraulic Engineering HWK Set #7 Assigned The Week of Apr 4, 2011 Due Apr 12, 2011

This document contains a homework assignment for a hydraulic engineering course consisting of 4 problems: 1. Download a pump characteristic curve for analysis. 2. Calculate the power consumed by hydraulic jumps described in two examples. 3. Determine the flowrate of a pump overcoming a 52ft head using given motor and pump efficiencies. 4. Develop performance curves for: a) Two pumps in series. b) Two pumps in parallel using given data.

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CE 356 Elements of Hydraulic Engineering HWK Set #7 Assigned The Week of Apr 4, 2011 Due Apr 12, 2011

This document contains a homework assignment for a hydraulic engineering course consisting of 4 problems: 1. Download a pump characteristic curve for analysis. 2. Calculate the power consumed by hydraulic jumps described in two examples. 3. Determine the flowrate of a pump overcoming a 52ft head using given motor and pump efficiencies. 4. Develop performance curves for: a) Two pumps in series. b) Two pumps in parallel using given data.

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CE 356 Elements of Hydraulic Engineering

HWK SET #7
Assigned the week of Apr 4, 2011 Due Apr 12, 2011

Problem #1 Go to the interweb and download a pump characteristic curve for a


real live industrial pump.
2. How much power (not energy) is consumed in the hydraulic jump described in
HWK Problems #3.3a and #3.3b ?

From Problem 3a:

Q= 35 cfs Given
Delta E = 0.81 ft Given
gamma = 62.4 lbs/ft3 KBH

1769. P = gamma Q
P= 04 ft-lbs/sec H
horsepow 1 hp = 550
3.216 er ft/ls/sec

From Problem 3b:

Q= 35 cfs Given
Delta E = 2.36 ft Given
gamma = 62.4 lbs/ft3 KBH

5154. P = gamma Q
P= 24 ft-lbs/sec H
horsepow 1 hp = 550
9.371 er ft/ls/sec
3. Determine the flowrate of a water pump that overcomes an energy head of 52
ft. A 600 kW motor drives the pump. The motor efficiency is 70% and the pump
efficiency is 80%.

1 kW = 1.341 hp and 1 hp = 550 ft-lbs/sec.

Power from motor to pump = 600 kW ( 0.70 efficiency ) = 420 kW

at 1.341 hp/kW = 563.22 hp

at 550 ft-lbs/sec per hp = 309,771 ft-lbs/sec

Power from the pump to the water = 309,771 ft-lbs/sec (0.80efficiency) =


247,816.8 ft-lbs/sec

Rearrange the Hydraulic Power Equation:


P = Ύ Q H to solve for Q:

Q = ( 247816.8 ft-lbs/sec ) / ( 62.4 lbs/ft3 )(52 ft) = 76.37 cfs


4. Given a pump with the following performance characteristic:

a) Develop a graph of the performance curve for two pumps in series.

Two pumps in series


Give Q(cf Head(f 2x
n: s) t) Head(ft)
0 150 300
200 145 290
400 135 270
600 120 240
800 90 180
100
0 50 100

b) Develop a graph of the performance curve for two pumps in parallel.

Two pumps in parallel


Give Q(cf 2x Head(f
n: s) Q(cfs) t)
0 0 150
200 400 145
400 800 135
600 1200 120
800 1600 90
100
0 2000 50

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