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Chapter 5 Problem 75P

Question

Problem 75P

A 7-hp (shaft) pump is used to raise water to a 15-m higher elevation. I f the mechanical efficiency of the pump is 82 percent, determine the maximum volume flow rate of water.

Solution

Solution 75P

A 7-hp (shaft) pump is used to raise water to a 15-m higher elevation which is as shown in the fig below. The mechanical efficiency of the pump is 82 percent. The maximum volume flow rate of water can be determined by solving  the energy equation for steady incompressible flow through a control volume between the two points that includes the pump and the pipe.

Step 1 of  2

We choose points 1 and 2 at the free surfaces of the lower and upper reservoirs, respectively, and take the surface of the lower reservoir as the reference level ( = 0). Both points are open to the atmosphere () and the  velocities at both locations are negligible (= 0).

The energy equation reduces to

(+ = (+ +

 = = 

The useful pumpin power is =  

= (0.82) (7 ) = 5.74 hp = 4280.318 W

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Title Fluid Mechanics 2 
Author Yunus A. Cengel, John M. Cimbala
ISBN 9780071284219

A 7-hp (shaft) pump is used to raise water to a 15-m

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