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Problem 85P
Water is pumped from a lower reservoir to a higher reservoir by a pump that provides 20 kW of useful mechanical power to the water. The free surface of the upper reservoir is 45 m higher than the surface of the lower reservoir. If the flow rate of water is measured to be 0.03 m3/s. determine the irreversible head loss of the system and the lost mechanical power during this process.
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QUESTION:
Problem 85P
Water is pumped from a lower reservoir to a higher reservoir by a pump that provides 20 kW of useful mechanical power to the water. The free surface of the upper reservoir is 45 m higher than the surface of the lower reservoir. If the flow rate of water is measured to be 0.03 m3/s. determine the irreversible head loss of the system and the lost mechanical power during this process.
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Solution
Step 1
The elevation between the reservoirs is constant and the flow is steady. Now by applying energy equation between two points we get
1(Z1=0) and 2(Z2=45m) consider to be lower and upper surface.