ANDRADA, JOHN CEL A. 3.

A pump with a 400 mm diameter suction pipe and

a 350 mm diameter discharge pipe is to deliver
BSME – 4B
20000 liters per minute of 15.6oC water. Calculate
1. A pump lifts water at a rate of 283 liters per second the pump head in meters if suction gage is 7.5 cm
from a lake and force it into a tank 8 m above the below pump centerline and reads 127 mm Hg
level of the water at a pressure of 137 kPa. What is vacuum and discharges gage is 45 cm above the
the power required in kW? pump centerline and read 75
kPa.

2. A centrifugal pump delivers 80 liters per second of 4. A Centrifugal pump delivers 300000 liters per hour
water on test suction gauge reads 10 mm Hg of water to a pressurized tank whose pressure is 280
vacuum and 1.2 m below pump centerline. Power kPa. The source of water is 5 meters below the
input is 70 kW. Find the total dynamic head in pump. The diameter of the suction pipe is 300 mm
meters. and the discharge pipe is 250 mm. Calculate the kW
rating of the driving motor assuming the pump
efficiency to be 72%.
5. The rate of flow of water in a pump installation is 7. A boiler feed pump receives 40 L/s at 4 MPa and
60.6 kg/s. The intake static gage is 1.22m below the 180oC. It operates against a total head of 900 m with
pump centerline and reads 68.95 kPa gage; the an efficiency of 60%. Determine the power output of
discharge static gage is 0.61 m below the pump the driving motor.
centerline and reads 344.75 kPa gage. The gages
are located close to the pump as much as possible.
The area of the intake and discharge pipes are 0.093
m2 and 0.069 m2 respectively. The pump efficiency
is 74%. Take density of water equals 1000 kg/m3.
What is the hydraulic power in kW?

8. A pump operating at 1750 rpm delivering 500

gal/min against a total head of 150 ft. Changes in the
piping system have increased the total head to 360
ft. At what rpm should the pump be operated to
achieve this new head at the same efficiency?

6. It is desired to deliver 5 gpm at a head of 640 ft in

a single stage pump having a specific speed not to
exceed 40. If the speed is not to exceed 1352 rpm,
how many stages are required?

9. A pump delivers 500 gpm of water against a total

head of 200 ft an operating at 1770 rpm. Changes
have increased the total head to 375 ft. At what rpm
should the pump be operated to achieve the new
head at the same efficiency.
ANDRADA, JOHN CEL A. 3. Air is flowing in a duct with velocity of 7.62 m/s and
a static pressure of 2.16 cm water gage. The duct
BSME – 4B
diameter is 1.22 m, the barometric pressure 99.4
1. Air enters a fan through a duct at a velocity of 6.3 kPa and the gauge fluid temperature and air
m/s and an inlet static pressure of 2.5 cm of water temperature are 30oC. What is the total pressure of
less than atmospheric pressure. The air leaves the air against which the fan will operate in cm of water?
fan through a duct at a velocity of 11.25 m/s and a
discharge static pressure of 7.62 cm of water above
the atmospheric pressure. If the density of the air is
1.2 kg/m3 and the fans delivers 9.45 m3/s, what is
the fan efficiency when the power input to the fan is
13.75 kW at the coupling?

4. A fan whose static efficiency is 40% has a capacity

of 60000 ft3/hr and gives a static pressure of 2 in of
water column on full delivery. What size of electric
motor should be use to drive the fan?

2. A ventilation system includes a fan of 570 m3 per

minute. A capacity discharging thru a 122 cm x 91
cm air duct against a 30 mm static pressure. Air
temperature is at 21oC and barometer pressure is
730 mm Hg (97 kPa). What input power will be
required to give the fan and efficiency of 44.3%?

5. A fan draws 1.42 m3/s of air at a static pressure

of 2.54 cm of water through a duct 300 mm diameter
and discharges it through duct of 275 mm diameter.
Determine the static fan efficiency if total fan
mechanical efficiency is 70% and air is measured at
25oC and 760 mmHg.
6. Find the air horsepower of an industrial fan that 8. A fan is listed as having the following performance
delivers 26m3/s of air through a 1m by 1.2 m; with standard air:
pressure is 127 mm of water, air temperature is
Volume discharge = 120 m3/s
21oC and barometric pressure is 760 mm of
mercury. Speed = 7rps Brake Power = 620 kW
Static Pressure = 310 mm water gage
The system duct will remain the same and the fan
will discharge the same volume of120 m3/s of air at
93oC and a barometric pressure of 735 mm Hg
when its speed is 7 rps. Find the brake power input
and the static pressure required

7. Find the motor size needed provide the forced

draft service to a boiler that burns coal at the rate of 9. A fan running at 2000 rpm delivers 16000 cfm
10 ton per hour. The air requirements are 59000 cfm, against 3 in. static pressure, thereby consuming 15
air is being provided under 6 in. water gage by the BHp. If the rpm is increased to 2200 rpm so that the
fan which has mechanical efficiency of 60 percent. rpm ratio is 1.1, what is the new cfm?
Assume fan to deliver at total pressure of 6 in WG.

10. A 0.70 m axial fan running at 2000 rpm delivers

7.5 m3/s against 0.08 m static pressure thereby
consuming 12 BkW. If the fan wheel diameter is
increased from 0.70 m to 0.76 m, what is the new
static pressure?