In large buildings, hot water in a water tank is circulated through a loop so that the user doesn't in long piping to drain before hot water starts coming out. A certain recirculating loop involves 40 plastic (smooth) pipes with six 90" threaded smooth bends and two fully open gate valves. If the the loop is 2.5 m/s, determine the required power input for the recirculating pump. Take the aver 60°C and the efficiency of the pump to be 60 percent. The density and viscosity of water at 60c 0.467 x 103 kg/m-s. Plastic pipes are smooth, and thus their roughness is very close to zero, e 0.9 for a threaded 90 smooth bend and K= 0.2 for a fully open gate valve. 111 W. The required power input for the recirculating pump is

In large buildings, hot water in a water tank is circulated through a loop so that the user doesn't in long piping to drain before hot water starts coming out. A certain recirculating loop involves 40 plastic (smooth) pipes with six 90" threaded smooth bends and two fully open gate valves. If the the loop is 2.5 m/s, determine the required power input for the recirculating pump. Take the aver 60°C and the efficiency of the pump to be 60 percent. The density and viscosity of water at 60c 0.467 x 103 kg/m-s. Plastic pipes are smooth, and thus their roughness is very close to zero, e 0.9 for a threaded 90 smooth bend and K= 0.2 for a fully open gate valve. 111 W. The required power input for the recirculating pump is

Structural Analysis

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Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

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Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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