FLUID MACHINERIES PROBLEM SET (same format )

1. A pump discharges 150 liters per second of water to a height of 75 m. If the efficiency is 75 % and the
speed of the pump is 1800 rpm, what is the torque in N-m to which the drive shaft is subjected?
2. A fuel pump is delivering 10 gallons per minute of oil with a specific gravity of 0.83. The total head is
9.14 m, find how much energy does the pump consumes in kJ per hour.
3. A pump receives 8 kgs of water at 220 kPa and 110°C and discharges it at 1100 kPa. Compute the
power required in kW.
4. A centrifugal pump delivers 80 liters per second of water on test suction gauge reads 10 mmHg
vacuum and 1.2 m below pump centerline. Power input is 70 kW. Find the total dynamic head in
meters.
5. A water pump develops a total head of 200 ft. The pump efficiency if 80% and the motor efficiency is
87.5%. If the power rate is 1.5 cents per kW-hr, what is the power cost for pumping 1000 gal?
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?
7. 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?
8. A pump driven by an electrical motor moves 25 gal/min of water from a reservoir A to B, lifting the
water to a total head of 245 ft. The efficiency of the pump is 64%. Neglecting velocity head , friction,
and minor losses. What size motor is required?
9. Calculate the impeller diameter of the centrifugal pump that requires 15 m head to deliver water if
pump speed is 1500 rpm.
10. A pump delivers 20 cfm of water having a density of 62 lb/ft^3. The suction and discharge gage reads
5 in Hg vacuum and 30 psi respectively. The discharge gage is 5 ft above the suction gage. If pump
efficiency is 70%, what is the motor power?
11. A centrifugal pump operating at 1800 rpm develops a total head of 200 ft at a capacity of 2500 gpm.
What is the specific speed?
12. A centrifugal pump is operating at its best efficiency point (BEP) with the following characteristics:
head is 10 m, flow rate is 21 liter/sec and rotative speed of 1250 rpm. Calculate its specific speed in
SI units.
13. A piston positive-displacement pump (PDP) has 6-in diameter and a 2.5 in stroke. Its crankshaft
rotates at 360 rpm. Compute its output assuming volumetric efficiency of 96%.
14. A fuel pump is delivering 10 gallons per minute of oil with a specific gravity of 0.83. The total head is
9.14 m, find how much energy does the pump consumes in kJ per hour.
15. A pump receives 8 kgs of water at 220 kPa and 220°C and discharges it at 1100 kPa. Compute the
power required in Hp.
16. A vacuum pump is used to drain a flooded mine shaft at 20°C water. The pump pressure of water at
this temperature is 2.34 kPa. The pump is incapable of lifting the water higher than 10.16 m. What is
the atmospheric pressure?
17. A condensate pump at sea level take water from a surface condenser where the vacuum is 15 in of
mercury. The friction and turbulence in the piping in the condenser hot well and the pump suction
flange is assumed to be 6.5 ft. If the condensate pump to be installed has a required head of 9 ft,
what would be the minimum height of water level in the hot well that must be maintained above
the centerline of the pump to avoid cavitation?
18. A boiler feed pump receives 130 cfm of water with specific volume of 0.0025 m^3/kg at a head of
800 m. If the pump efficiency is 64%, what is the output of the driving motor?
19. A double suction centrifugal pump delivers 3 m^3/s of water at a head of 1.5 m and running at 1200
rpm. Calculate the specific speed of the pump.
20. A centrifugal pump-motor unit draws 100 li/min of water from a supply which has a level at the
centerline of the pump. The discharge pressure is 28 kg/cm^2 and the over-all unit efficiency is 67%.
What could be the required input to the electric motor in kW if the head is 280 m.
21. A centrifugal pump operating at 1800 rpm develops a total head of 60 m at a flow rate of 9 m^3 per
minute. What is the specific speed?
22. By what factor that the pump head changes if the speed of a centrifugal pump is doubled?
23. The total suction lift for a water pump is 5 m. If the water temperature is 30°C, what is the Neglect
suction line friction. Note: P @ 30°C=0.04246x10^5 Pa.
24. A pump operating at 1850 rpm delivers 70ft^3/min(2m^3/min). New conditions increase the speed
to 2500 rpm. What is the flow rate under these new conditions, assuming no change in efficiency?
25. A model pump with a 40 cm diameter impeller requires a 9 kW power input when operating at a
speed of 1500 rpm against a head of 7.5 m. A homologous pump 1.9 m in diameter will operate at
the same efficiency against a 15 m. What speed input would be expected?
26. A model pump with a 40 cm diameter impeller requires a 9 kW power input when operating at a
speed of 1500 rpm against a head of 7.5 m. A homologous pump 1.9 m in diameter will operate at
the same efficiency against a 15 m. What power input would be expected?
27. A pump adds 330 feet (100 m) of pressure head to a flow of water. The velocities in the suction and
discharge sides are 6.5 ft/sec (2 m/sec) and 16 ft/sec (5 m/s), respectively. What is the mass flow
rate if the hydraulic power is 67 hp (50 kW)?
28. At its maximum efficiency, a radial flow pump is operating at a specific speed of 2200 inorder to
deliver 240 gpm against a head of 129 ft at a rotative speed of 1900 rpm. Compute the required
number of stages?
29. A pump operating with a 0.3 m diameter impeller works against a total head of 60 m. What impeller
diameter should be used if the total head increases to 100 m and the new pump must rotate at the
same speed with the same efficiency?
30. The rate of flow of water in a pump installation is 60.6 kg/s. The intake static gage is 1.22 m below
the pump centerline and reads 68.95 kPa gage; the discharge static gage is 0.61 m below the pump
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 m^2 and 0.069 m^2 respectively. The pump
efficiency is 74%. Take density of water equals 1000 kg/m^3. What is the hydraulic power in Hp?
31. A boiler feed pump receives 45 li/s of water at 190°C and enthalpy of 839.33 kJ/kg. It operates
against a head of 962 m with efficiency of 70 %. Estimate the water leaving temperature assuming
that the temperature rise is due to the inefficiency of the input energy.
32. A submersible, multi-stage, centrifugal deep well pump 260 gpm capacity is installed in a well 27 ft
below the static water level. Drawdown when pumping at rated capacity is 10 ft. The pump delivers
that water into a 25, 000 gallons capacity overhead storage tank. Total discharge head developed by
pump including friction in piping is 243 ft. Calculate the brakepower required to drive the pump if
pump efficiency is 77%.
33. A pump adds 167.6 m of pressure head to 45.43 kg/s of water. What is the hydraulic power in Hp.
34. Water from an open reservoir A at 8 m elevation is drawn by a motor driven pump to an open
reservoir B at 70 m elevation. The inside diameter of the suction pipe is 200 mm and 150 mm for the
discharge pipe. The suction line has a loss of head three times that of the velocity head in the 200
mm pipe. The discharge line has a loss of head twenty times that of the velocity head in the
discharge pipeline. The pump centerline is at 4m. Overall efficiency of the system is 78%. For a
discharge rate of 10 li/s, find the power input to the motor and the pressure gage reading installed
just at the outlet and inlet of the pump in psi.
35. Find the hydraulic horsepower and the mechanical efficiency of a rotary pump direct connected to a
5 Hp electrical motor operating at full load under the following conditions:
Fluid handled -oil
Temperature-21degC
Specific gravity-0.85
Volume flow rate- 20 li/sec
Total head -175 kPa
36. A boiler feed pump receives 40 L/s at 4 Mpa and 180degC. It operates against a total head of 900 m
with an efficiency of 60%. Determine the power output in Hp of the driving motor.
37. A DC driven pump running at 100 rpm delivers 50 liters per second of water at 40degC against a total
pumping head of 27 m wit a pump efficiency of 70%. Barometer pressure is 777 mm Hg abs. What
pump speed and capacity would result if the pump rpm were increased to produce a pumping head
of 36 m assuming no change in efficiency.
38. Calculate the impeller diameter of the centrifugal pump that requires 15 m head to deliver water if
pump speed is 1500 rpm.
39. A condensate pump at sea level take water from a surface condenser where the vacuum is 17 in. Of
Hg. The friction and turbulence in the piping in the condenser hot well and the pump suction flange
is assumed to be 7.5 ft. If the condensate pump to be installed has a required head of 9 ft, what
would be the minimum height of water level in the hot well that must be maintained above the
centerline of the pump to avoid cavitation?
40. Oil is being pumped from a truck to a tank 10 ft higher than the truck through a 2 in galvanized
pipeline 100 ft long. If the pressure of the discharge side of the pump is 15 psi, at what rate in li/s is
oil flowing through the pipe? The oil has a specific gravity of 0.92 at the temperature in the pipe.
41. In a test of a centrifugal pump driven by an electric motor, the suction pipe is 5 in in radius and its
gage indicates a partial vacuum of 2.5 ft of water. The discharge pipe is is 5 in in diameter, is 24 in
higher than the suction gage and shows a pressure of 50 ft of water. If the pump is discharging 1.6
ft^3/s and the electric power input is 12 kW, what pump efficiency is indicated assuming motor
efficiency of 85%?
42. Find the velocity head for a velocity of 18 m/s.
43. Flow of water in a pipe have a velocity at 10 meters per second. Determine the velocity head of the
water.
44. A pump delivers 30 cfm of water having a density of 62 lb/ft^3. The suction and discharge gage reads
5 in Hg vacuum and 30 psi respectively. The discharge gage is 5 ft above the suction gage. If pump
efficiency is 70%, what is the motor power?
45. A centrifugal pump-motor unit draws 100 li/min of water from a supply which has a level at the
centerline of the pump. The discharge pressure is 28 kg/cm^2 and the over-all unit efficiency is 67%.
What could be the required input to the electric motor in kW if the head is 280 m.
46. A centrifugal pump operating at 1800 rpm develops a total head of 2400 in at a capcity of 2500 gpm.
What is the specific speed?
47. A centrifugal pump is designed for 2000 rpm and head of 70 m. What is the speed in rps if the head
is increased to 100 m.
48. A centrifugal pump operating at 1700 rpm develops a total head of 60 m at a flow rate of 7 m^3 per
minute. What is the specific speed in rps?
49. The rate of flow of water in a pump installation is 60.6 kg/s. The intake static gage is 1.22 m below
the pump centerline and reads 68.95 kPa gage; the discharge static gage is 0.61 m below the pump
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 m^2 and 0.069 m^2 respectively. The pump
efficiency is 74%. Take density of water equals 1000 kg/m^3. What is the hydraulic power in kW?
50. Water from an open reservoir A at 8 m elevation is drawn by a motor driven pump to an open
reservoir B at 70 m elevation. The inside diameter of the suction pipe is 200 mm and 150 mm for the
discharge pipe. The suction line has a loss of head three times that of the velocity head in the 200
mm pipe. The discharge line has a loss of head twenty times that of the velocity head in the
discharge pipeline. The pump centerline is at 4m. Overall efficiency of the system is 78%. For a
discharge rate of 10 li/s, find the power input to the motor and the pressure gage reading installed
just at the outlet and inlet of the pump in kPag.