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Problems On CF Pump

This document contains 12 problems related to centrifugal pumps. The problems cover topics like calculating head developed, discharge, blade angles, pressures and losses within pumps. Formulas for pump design and efficiency are also presented.

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Problems On CF Pump

This document contains 12 problems related to centrifugal pumps. The problems cover topics like calculating head developed, discharge, blade angles, pressures and losses within pumps. Formulas for pump design and efficiency are also presented.

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Problems on CF Pump

P. 1. A centrifugal pump has an impeller of outer diameter 30cm. the vane tips are radial at the outlet.
For a shaft speed 1450rpm calculate the net head developed. Assume manometric efficiency = 0.82. [H =
43.36m]
P. 2. A centrifugal pump delivers water against a net head of 10m at a design speed of 1000rpm. The
vanes are curved backwards and make an angle of 300 with the tangent at the outer periphery. The
impeller diameter is 30cm and has a width of 5cm at the outlet. Determine the discharge of the pump if
the manometric efficiency is 95%. [Q = 249 L/s]
P. 3. A centrifugal pump is to discharge 100 lps at a speed of 1450rpm against a head of 15m. The
impeller has an outer diameter of 25cm with a width at the outlet of 6cm. The manometric efficiency is
0.8. Estimate the blade angle at the outlet. [ 2 = 12.870]
P. 4. A centrifugal pump impeller has an outer diameter of 30cm and an inner diameter of 15cm. The
pump runs at 1200 rpm. The impeller vanes are set at a blade angle of 30 0 at the outlet. If the radial
component of velocity of flow is constant at 2.0 m/s, calculate
(i) the velocity and direction of water at outlet
(ii) the head developed if the manometric efficiency is 0.85 and
(iii) the blade angle at the inlet
[V2 = 15.515 m/s, 2 = 7.40; H = 25.13m;  1 = 11.980]
P. 5. A centrifugal pump lifts water under a static lift of 40m of which 3m is the suction lift. The
suction and delivery pipes are both of 35cm diameter. The friction loss in suction pipe is 2.0m and in
delivery pipe it is 6.0m. The impeller is 0.5m in diameter and 3cm wide at outlet and runs at a speed of
1200rpm. The exit blade angle is 200. If the manometric efficiency of the pump is 85%, determine the
pressures at the suction and delivery ends of the pump and the discharge.
[pd = 418kN/m2, ps = 49.36 kN/m2 (abs), Q = 0.2366 m3/s]
P. 6. Assuming no loss in energy, show that the increase in piezometric head across the impeller of a
centrifugal pump can be expressed as

P. 7. A centrifugal pump of impeller diameters of 20cm on the outer and 10cm on the inner side is
rotating at 1000rpm. If the discharge pipe is shut off completely, calculate the difference in pressure
between the outer and inner periphery. (Neglect all losses) [1.51 m]
P. 8. In a centrifugal pump it is usual to make the outside diameter (D1) of the impeller to be twice the
inner diameter (D2). For this condition, show that the minimum diameter of an impeller which will enable
it to pump water to a head H meters at a speed of N rpm with a manometric efficiency of 0.70 is

P. 9. A centrifugal pump has an impeller 0.5m outer diameter and when running at 600rpm discharges
8000 lps against a head of 8.5 m. The water enters the impeller without whirl and shock. The inner
diameter is 0.25m and the vanes are set backwardly at an outlet angle of 450 with the periphery. The area
of flow is constant from inlet to outlet of the impeller and is 0.06m2. Determine the (a) vane angle at the
inlet (b) manometric efficiency and (c) speed at which the pump commences to work. [ 1 = 15.470; ηm
= 0.3935; Nm = 570 rpm]
P. 10. The impeller of a centrifugal pump has an outer diameter of 250 mm and runs at 1500 rpm. It has
10 blades each having effective thickness of 10 mm at the periphery. They are backward-facing at 300 to
the tangent and the breadth of the flow passages at outlet is 12.5 mm. Pressure gauges are fitted close to
the pump casing on the suction and discharge pipes and both are 2.5 m above the water level in the supply
sump. The suction pipe is 120 mm diameter. When the discharge is 0.026 m3/s the gauge readings are
respectively 4 m vacuum and 16.5 m. Assuming that there is no whirl at inlet, estimate the manometric
efficiency of the pump and the losses in the impeller if 50% of the velocity head at outlet from the
impeller is recovered as static head in the volute.
[ηm = 0.712; hL = 3.05m]
P. 11. A centrifugal pump which runs at 996 rpm is mounted so that its centre is 2.4 m above the water
level in the suction sump. It delivers water to a point 19 m above its centre. For a flow rate of Qm3/s the
friction loss in the suction pipe is 68Q2 m and that in the delivery pipe is 650Q2 m. The impeller of the
pump is 350 mm diameter and the width of the blade passages at outlet is 18mm. The blades themselves
occupy 5% of the circumference and are backward-facing at 350 to the tangent. At inlet the flow is radial
and the radial component of velocity remains unchanged through the impeller. Assuming that 50% of the
velocity head of the water leaving the impeller is converted to pressure head in the volute, and that
friction and other losses in the pump, are all negligible, calculate the rate of flow and the manometric
efficiency of the pump.
[Q = 38.23 lps, ηm = 0.786]
P. 12. During a laboratory test on a water pump appreciable cavitation began when the pressure plus
velocity head at inlet was reduced to 3.26 m while the total head change across the pump was 36.5 m and
the discharge was 48 lps. Barometric pressure was 750 mm Hg and the vapour pressure of water 1.8 kPa.
What is the value of σc? If the pump is to give the same total head and discharge in a location where the
normal atmospheric pressure is 622 mm Hg and the vapour pressure of water 830 Pa, by how much must
the height of the pump above the supply level be reduced? [σc = 0.0843, to reduce 1.637m]

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