Centrifugal pump problem
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A centrifugal pump has the following characteristics...
This pump is used to pump water from one reservoir to another through a pipe of length 125 m, diameter 40 cm and friction factor 0.0054. The difference in height of the water levels...
A centrifugal pump recorded the following performance for pump test runs at...
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Reference:
Coulson and Richardson, Chemical Engineering, Vol 1
Any good fluid mechanics text
To do this problem, you need to know literature on pump operation
Question 4
i> First you need to plot H and Efficiency versus Q. I have done so the Excel sheet 'Question 4'.
Then calculate V (m/s) in the pump using
Then you must calculate the system head by using ...
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