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Pumps Sample Problems

The document presents various calculations related to pump performance, including energy consumption, power requirements, and head calculations for different scenarios involving water and oil pumps. Key results include energy consumption of 169 kJ/hr for an oil pump, a power requirement of 61 kW for lifting water, and a necessary power input of 12.9 kW for a steady flow of water. Additional calculations include pipe diameter determination and cost analysis for pumping water.

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Pumps Sample Problems

The document presents various calculations related to pump performance, including energy consumption, power requirements, and head calculations for different scenarios involving water and oil pumps. Key results include energy consumption of 169 kJ/hr for an oil pump, a power requirement of 61 kW for lifting water, and a necessary power input of 12.9 kW for a steady flow of water. Additional calculations include pipe diameter determination and cost analysis for pumping water.

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1. A fuel pump is delivering 10 gallons/min of oil with a specific gravity of 0.83.

The total head is


9.14m, find how much energy does the pump consumes in kj per hour
Ans.169 kj/hr
2. A pump lifts water at rate of 283 L/sec from a lake and force it into a tank 8m above the level of
the water at a pressure of 137 kPa. What is the power required in kW? Ans. 61 Kw
3. A pump with a 400 mm diameter suction pipe and a 350 mm diameter discharge pipe is to
deliver 20,000 L/min of 15.6 C water. Calculate the pump head in meters if suction gage is 7.5cm
below pump centerline and reads 127 mmHg vacuum and discharges gage is 45 cm above the
pump center line and read 75 kPa. Ans. 10.15m
4. Water in the rural areas is often extracted from the underground water source whose free
surface is 60 m below ground level. The water is to be raised 5m above the ground. The
diameter of the pipe is 10 cm at the inlet and 15 cm at the exit neglecting any heat interaction
with the surrounding and frictional heating effects what is the necessary power input to the
pump in kw for a steady flow of water at the rate of 15 liter/s? Assume pump effiency of 74%
Ans. 12.9 Kw
5. Determine the diameter of a 1 km pipe with water flowing at an average velocity of 20 m/s, The
fluid friction or head loss is 50 m and a friction factor of 0.001715. ans 699.57 mm
6. A pump system under steady flow operation delivers water at 25 C from an inlet pressure of 100
kPa to an exit pressure of 1200 kPa. Determine the work done per unit mass. Ans. 1.1
7. A water pump develops a total head of 200 ft. The pump efficiency if 80% and what motor
efficiency is 87.5%. If the power rate is 1.5 cents per kw-hr, what is the power cost pumping
1000 gal. ans. 1.43 cents

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