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Module 3: Fans, Pumps, and Blowers PROBLEM SET

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Module 3: Fans, Pumps, and Blowers PROBLEM SET

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PROBLEM SET

MODULE 3: PUMPS, FANS, AND BLOWERS


1. A piston PDP has a 5-in diameter and a 2-in stroke and operates at 750 rpm
with 92% volumetric efficiency. (a) What is the delivery, in gal/min? (b) If the
pump delivers SAE 10W oil at 20°C against a head of 50 ft, what horsepower
is required when the overall efficiency is 84%?
Solution:

2. A centrifugal pump delivers 550 gal/min of water at 20°C when the brake
horsepower is 22 and the efficiency is 71%. (a) Estimate the head rise in ft
and the pressure rise in psi. (b) Also estimate the head rise and horsepower if
instead the delivery is 550 gal/min of gasoline at 20°C
3. Suppose that the pump of Fig. P11.9 is run at 1100 r/min against a pressure
rise of 210 bar. (a) Using the measured displacement, estimate the theoretical
delivery in gal/min. From the chart, estimate (b) the actual delivery; and (c) the
overall efficiency.
4. A pump delivers 1500 L/min of water at 20°C against a pressure rise of 270
kPa. Kinetic and potential energy changes are negligible. If the driving motor
supplies 9 kW, what is the overall efficiency?
5. In a test of the pump in the figure, the data are: p1 = 100 mmHg (vacuum), p2
= 500 mmHg (gage), D1 = 12 cm, and D2 = 5 cm. The flow rate is 180 gal/min
of light oil (SG = 0.91). Estimate (a) the head developed; and (b) the input
power at 75% efficiency.
6. A 20-hp pump delivers 400 gal/min of gasoline at 20°C with 80% efficiency.
What head and pressure rise result across the pump?
7. A pump delivers gasoline at 20°C and 12 m3 /h. At the inlet, p1 = 100 kPa, z1
= 1 m, and V1 = 2 m/s. At the exit p2 = 500 kPa, z2 = 4 m, and V2 = 3 m/s.
How much power is required if the motor efficiency is 75%?
8. A lawn sprinkler can be used as a simple turbine. As shown in Fig. P11.15,
flow enters normal to the paper in the center and splits evenly into Q/2 and V rel
leaving each nozzle. The arms rotate at angular velocity ω and do work on a
shaft. Draw the velocity diagram for this turbine. Neglecting friction, find an
expression for the power delivered to the shaft. Find the rotation rate for which
the power is a maximum.
9. For the “sprinkler turbine’’ of Fig. P11.15, let R = 18 cm, with total flow rate of
14 m3 /h of water at 20°C. If the nozzle exit diameter is 8 mm, estimate (a) the
maximum power delivered in W and (b) the appropriate rotation rate in r/min.

10.

A centrifugal pump has d1 = 7 in, d2 = 13 in, b1 = 4 in, b2 = 3 in, β1 = 25°,


and β2 = 40° and rotates at 1160 r/min. If the fluid is gasoline at 20°C and the
flow enters the blades radially, estimate the theoretical (a) flow rate in gal/min,
(b) horsepower, and (c) head in ft.

11. A jet of velocity V strikes a vane which moves to the right at speed V c, as in
Fig. P11.18. The vane has a turning angle θ. Derive an expression for the
power delivered to the vane by the jet. For what vane speed is the power
maximum?
12. A centrifugal water pump has r2 = 9 in, b2 = 2 in, and β2 = 35° and rotates at
1060 r/min. If it generates a head of 180 ft, determine the theoretical (a) flow
rate in gal/min and (b) horsepower. Assume near-radial entry flow.
13. Suppose that Prob. 11.19 is reversed into a statement of the theoretical
power P = 153 hp. Can you then compute the theoretical (a) flow rate; and (b)
head? Explain and resolve the difficulty which arises.

14. The centrifugal pump of Fig. P11.21 develops a flow rate of 4200 gpm with
gasoline at 20°C and near-radial absolute inflow. Estimate the theoretical (a)
horsepower; (b) head rise; and (c) appropriate blade angle at the inner radius.
15. A 37-cm-diameter centrifugal pump, running at 2140 rev/min with water at
20°C produces the following performance data:
(a) Determine the best efficiency point. (b) Plot CH versus CQ. (c) If we desire
to use this same pump family to deliver 7000 gal/min of kerosene at 20°C
at an input power of 400 kW, what pump speed (in rev/min) and impeller
size (in cm) are needed? What head will be developed?
16. If the 38-in pump from Fig. 11.7(b) is used to deliver 20°C kerosene, at 850
rpm and 22000 gal/min, what (a) head; and (b) brake horsepower will result?

17. Figure P11.24 shows performance data for the Taco, Inc., model 4013 pump.
Compute the ratios of measured shutoff head to the ideal value U 2 /g for all
seven impeller sizes. Determine the average and standard deviation of this
ratio and compare it to the average for the six impellers in Fig. 11.7.
18. The 12-in pump of Fig. P11.24 is to be scaled up in size to provide a head of
90 ft and a flow rate of 1000 gal/min at BEP. Determine the correct (a)
impeller diameter; (b) speed in rpm; and (c) horsepower required.

19. If the scaling laws are applied to the Byron Jackson pump of Prob. 11.28 for
the same impeller diameter, determine (a) the speed for which the shut-off
head will be 280 ft; (b) the speed for which the BEP flow rate will be 8.0 ft3 /s;
and (c) the speed for which the BEP conditions will require 80 horsepower.
20. A pump from the same family as Prob. 11.28 is built with D = 18 in and a BEP
power of 250 bhp for gasoline (not water). Using the scaling laws, estimate
the resulting (a) speed in rpm; (b) flow rate at BEP; and (c) shutoff head.

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